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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • The Department of Justice listed the Chicago metro area as the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Cocaine stays in one's system for 1-5 days.
  • Hallucinogens are drugs used to alter the perception and function of the mind.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • In 2007 The California Department of Toxic Substance Control was responsible for clandestine meth lab cleanup costs in Butte County totaling $26,876.00.
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • Texas is one of the hardest states on drug offenses.
  • Non-pharmaceutical fentanyl is sold in the following forms: as a powder; spiked on blotter paper; mixed with or substituted for heroin; or as tablets that mimic other, less potent opioids.
  • 92% of those who begin using Ecstasy later turn to other drugs including marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine and heroin.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.
  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • Cocaine causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.

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