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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • Barbiturate Overdose is known to result in Pneumonia, severe muscle damage, coma and death.
  • Drugs are divided into several groups, depending on how they are used.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • 55% of all inhalant-related deaths are nearly instantaneous, known as 'Sudden Sniffing Death Syndrome.'
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • Over 210,000,000 opioids are prescribed by pharmaceutical companies a year.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • 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
  • According to the latest drug information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually in health care treatments, lost productivity, and crime.
  • By 8th grade, before even entering high school, approximately have of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 41% have smoked cigarettes and 20% have used marijuana.
  • 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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