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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • 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
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • There are more than 200 identified synthetic drug compounds and more than 90 different synthetic drug marijuana compounds.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • 8.6% of 12th graders have used hallucinogens 4% report on using LSD specifically.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • The United States produces on average 300 tons of barbiturates per year.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • Tens of millions of Americans use prescription medications non-medically every year.
  • MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) is a synthetic, mind-altering drug that acts both as a stimulant and a hallucinogenic.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Rohypnol causes a person to black out or forget what happened to them.
  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.

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