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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Amphetamines + alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines: the body is placed under a high degree of stress as it attempts to deal with the conflicting effects of both types of drugs, which can lead to an overdose.
  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Over 60 percent of Americans on Anti-Depressants have been taking them for two or more years.
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Codeine is widely used in the U.S. by prescription and over the counter for use as a pain reliever and cough suppressant.
  • GHB is often referred to as Liquid Ecstasy, Easy Lay, Liquid X and Goop
  • The euphoric feeling of cocaine is then followed by a crash filled with depression and paranoia.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Teens who have open communication with their parents are half as likely to try drugs, yet only a quarter of adolescents state that they have had conversations with their parents regarding drugs.
  • Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide and manufactures 74% of illicit opiates. However, Mexico is the leading supplier to the U.S
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • Mixing Ambien with alcohol can cause respiratory distress, coma and death.
  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.

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