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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • An estimated 88,0009 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women9) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
  • More than9 in 10people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.
  • Studies in 2013 show that over 1.7 million Americans reported using tranquilizers like Ativan for non-medical reasons.
  • There is inpatient treatment and outpatient.
  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.
  • Drugs and alcohol do not discriminate no matter what your gender, race, age or political affiliation addiction can affect you if you let it.
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • 49.8% of those arrested used crack in the past.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.

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