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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • From 1920- 1933, the illegal trade of Alcohol was a booming industry in the U.S., causing higher rates of crime than before.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Drug addicts are not the only ones affected by drug addiction.
  • About 696,000 cases of student assault, are committed by student's who have been drinking.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • The United States spends over 560 Billion Dollars for pain relief.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • About 72% of all cases reported to poison centers for substance use were calls from people's homes.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug.

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