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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • 15.2% of 8th graders report they have used Marijuana.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • 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.
  • 43% of high school seniors have used marijuana.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Cocaine causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Those who complete prison-based treatment and continue with treatment in the community have the best outcomes.
  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • Women who have an abortion are more prone to turn to alcohol or drug abuse afterward.
  • In the United States, deaths from pain medication abuse are outnumbering deaths from traffic accidents in young adults.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • Mixing sedatives such as Ambien with alcohol can be harmful, even leading to death

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