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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Crack cocaine earned the nickname crack because of the cracking sound it makes when it is heated.
  • 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.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • By 8th grade, before even entering high school, approximately have of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 41% have smoked cigarettes and 20% have used marijuana.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.
  • The word cocaine refers to the drug in a powder form or crystal form.
  • Benzodiazepines like Ativan are found in nearly 50% of all suicide attempts.
  • About 1 in 4 college students report academic consequences from drinking, including missing class, falling behind in class, doing poorly on exams or papers, and receiving lower grades overall.30
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant that has been utilized and abused for ages.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • LSD can stay in one's system from a few hours to five days.

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