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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • 33.1 percent of 15-year-olds report that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives.
  • Medial drugs include prescription medication, cold and allergy meds, pain relievers and antibiotics.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • Over 20 million Americans over the age of 12 have an addiction (excluding tobacco).
  • Out of all the benzodiazepine emergency room visits 78% of individuals are using other substances.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Another man on 'a mission from God' was stopped by police driving near an industrial park in Texas.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • Drug addiction and abuse can be linked to at least of all major crimes committed in the United States.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.

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