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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Younger war veterans (ages 18-25) have a higher likelihood of succumbing to a drug or alcohol addiction.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Alcohol is the number one substance-related cause of depression in people.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Nearly 2/3 of those found in addiction recovery centers report sexual or physical abuse as children.
  • Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time
  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • 3 million people over the age of 12 have used methamphetamineand 529,000 of those are regular users.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • Alcohol-Impaired-Driving Fatality: A fatality in a crash involving a driver or motorcycle rider (operator) with a BAC of 0.08 g/dL or greater.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • It is estimated 20.4 million people age 12 or older have tried methamphetamine at sometime in their lives.
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.
  • Taking Steroids raises the risk of aggression and irritability to over 56 percent.
  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.

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