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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Ecstasy is one of the most popular drugs among youth today.
  • Today, teens are 10 times more likely to use Steroids than in 1991.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • 1 in 10 high school students has reported abusing barbiturates
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • Hallucinogens are drugs used to alter the perception and function of the mind.
  • More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Sniffing paint is a common form of inhalant abuse.
  • Taking Steroids raises the risk of aggression and irritability to over 56 percent.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.

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