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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • 15.2% of 8th graders report they have used Marijuana.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Even if you smoke just a few cigarettes a week, you can get addicted to nicotine in a few weeks or even days. The more cigarettes you smoke, the more likely you are to become addicted.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Young adults from 18-25 are 50% more than any other age group.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • Steroids damage hormones, causing guys to grow breasts and girls to grow beards and facial hair.
  • The number of Americans with an addiction to heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2011.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • Over 60% of all deaths from overdose are attributed to prescription drug abuse.
  • In Alabama during the year 2006 a total of 20,340 people were admitted to Drug rehab or Alcohol rehab programs.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • A binge is uncontrolled use of a drug or alcohol.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.

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