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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • Nicknames for Alprazolam include Alprax, Kalma, Nu-Alpraz, and Tranax.
  • Adverse effects from Ambien rose nearly 220 percent from 2005 to 2010.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Because it is smoked, the effects of crack cocaine are more immediate and more intense than that of powdered cocaine.
  • LSD disrupts the normal functioning of the brain, making you see images, hear sounds and feel sensations that seem real but aren't.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • Nitrates are also inhalants that come in the form of leather cleaners and room deodorizers.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.
  • Ketamine is used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic. It is sometimes used illegally by people to get 'high'.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Local pharmacies often bought - throat lozenges containing Cocaine in bulk and packaged them for sale under their own labels.
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Relapse is the return to drug use after an attempt to stop. Relapse indicates the need for more or different treatment.

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