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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Synthetic drugs, also referred to as designer or club drugs, are chemically-created in a lab to mimic another drug such as marijuana, cocaine or morphine.
  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • 8.6% of 12th graders have used hallucinogens 4% report on using LSD specifically.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Taking Ecstasy can cause liver failure.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • 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.
  • 26.7% of 10th graders reported using Marijuana.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • Because it is smoked, the effects of crack cocaine are more immediate and more intense than that of powdered cocaine.
  • Use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafejust like driving after drinking alcohol.
  • Oxycodone stays in the system 1-10 days.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • In 1990, 600,000 children in the U.S. were on stimulant medication for A.D.H.D.

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