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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • In Arizona during the year 2006 a total of 23,656 people were admitted to addiction treatment programs.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • Steroids are often abused by those who want to build muscle mass.
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • The United States consumes over 75% of the world's prescription medications.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • Within the last ten years' rates of Demerol abuse have risen by nearly 200%.
  • Crystal Meth is the world's second most popular illicit drug.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • Ecstasy can cause kidney, liver and brain damage, including long-lasting lesions (injuries) on brain tissue.
  • Roughly 20 percent of college students meet the criteria for an AUD.29
  • Soon following its introduction, Cocaine became a common household drug.

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