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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Adderall was brought to the prescription drug market as a new way to treat A.D.H.D in 1996, slowly replacing Ritalin.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous drugs known to man.
  • Mixing Ambien with alcohol can cause respiratory distress, coma and death.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • Alcohol can stay in one's system from one to twelve hours.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • K2 and Spice are synthetic marijuana compounds, also known as cannabinoids.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Bath salts contain man-made stimulants called cathinone's, which are like amphetamines.
  • The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
  • Over 2.3 million people admitted to have abused Ketamine.
  • 22.7 million people (as of 2007) have reported using LSD in their lifetime.
  • Over 1 million people have tried hallucinogens for the fist time this year.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal

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