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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Ketamine hydrochloride, or 'K,' is a powerful anesthetic designed for use during operations and medical procedures.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Steroids can cause disfiguring ailments such as baldness in girls and severe acne in all who use them.
  • Alcohol is a sedative.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • Texas is one of the hardest states on drug offenses.
  • Roughly 20 percent of college students meet the criteria for an AUD.29
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Depressants are widely used to relieve stress, induce sleep and relieve anxiety.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Ketamine is used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic. It is sometimes used illegally by people to get 'high'.
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • Amphetamines + some antidepressants: elevated blood pressure, which can lead to irregular heartbeat, heart failure and stroke.
  • Rates of anti-depressant use have risen by over 400% within just three years.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.

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