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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • One in ten high school seniors in the US admits to abusing prescription painkillers.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • Women born after World War 2 were more inclined to become alcoholics than those born before 1943.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • 1.1 million people each year use hallucinogens for the first time.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • The Barbituric acid compound was made from malonic apple acid and animal urea.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP. The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Alcohol is a depressant derived from the fermentation of natural sugars in fruits, vegetables and grains.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Drug addicts are not the only ones affected by drug addiction.

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