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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Approximately, 57 percent of Steroid users have admitted to knowing that their lives could be shortened because of it.
  • Individuals with severe drug problems and or underlying mental health issues typically need longer in-patient drug treatment often times a minimum of 3 months is recommended.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • Authority obtains over 10,500 accounts of clonazepam abuse annually.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • Methamphetamine can cause cardiac damage, elevates heart rate and blood pressure, and can cause a variety of cardiovascular problems, including rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, and increased blood pressure.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.

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