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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Over 80% of individuals have confidence that prescription drug abuse will only continue to grow.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • Illegal drug use is declining while prescription drug abuse is rising thanks to online pharmacies and illegal selling.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Ecstasy is sometimes mixed with substances such as rat poison.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • In 2013, that number increased to 3.5 million children on stimulants.
  • Meth creates an immediate high that quickly fades. As a result, users often take it repeatedly, making it extremely addictive.
  • Nicknames for Alprazolam include Alprax, Kalma, Nu-Alpraz, and Tranax.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.

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