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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • By 8th grade 15% of kids have used marijuana.
  • 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
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • Ecstasy is sometimes mixed with substances such as rat poison.
  • Local pharmacies often bought - throat lozenges containing Cocaine in bulk and packaged them for sale under their own labels.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • According to the latest drug information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually in health care treatments, lost productivity, and crime.
  • By 8th grade, before even entering high school, approximately have of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 41% have smoked cigarettes and 20% have used marijuana.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • In 2013, more high school seniors regularly used marijuana than cigarettes as 22.7% smoked pot in the last month, compared to 16.3% who smoked cigarettes.
  • Hallucinogens are drugs used to alter the perception and function of the mind.
  • Stimulant drugs, such as Adderall, are the second most abused drug on college campuses, next to Marijuana.
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.
  • A stimulant is a drug that provides users with added energy and contentment.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • In 1906, Coca Cola removed Cocaine from the Coca leaves used to make its product.
  • Nearly 6,700 people each day abused a psychotropic medication for the first time.

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