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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Crack cocaine is one of the most powerful illegal drugs when it comes to producing psychological dependence.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication within the last month.
  • Cocaine comes in two forms. One is a powder and the other is a rock. The rock form of cocaine is referred to as crack cocaine.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • 54% of high school seniors do not think regular steroid use is harmful, the lowest number since 1980, when the National Institute on Drug Abuse started asking about perception on steroids.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • Ambien dissolves readily in water, becoming a popular date rape drug.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.

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