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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • The most prominent drugs being abused in Alabama and requiring rehabilitation were Marijuana, Alcohol and Cocaine in 2006 5,927 people were admitted for Marijuana, 3,446 for Alcohol and an additional 2,557 admissions for Cocaine and Crack.
  • 26.9 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they engaged in binge drinking in the past month.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • Drugs are divided into several groups, depending on how they are used.
  • Cocaine only has an effect on a person for about an hour, which will lead a person to have to use cocaine many times through out the day.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication within the last month.
  • 70% to 80% of the world's cocaine comes from Columbia.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • LSD (or its full name: lysergic acid diethylamide) is a potent hallucinogen that dramatically alters your thoughts and your perception of reality.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.
  • Oxycodone comes in a number of forms including capsules, tablets, liquid and suppositories. It also comes in a variety of strengths.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Peyote is approximately 4000 times less potent than LSD.

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