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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • The most prominent drugs being abused in Alabama and requiring rehabilitation were Marijuana, Alcohol and Cocaine in 2006 5,927 people were admitted for Marijuana, 3,446 for Alcohol and an additional 2,557 admissions for Cocaine and Crack.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • 11.6% of those arrested used crack in the previous week.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • When injected, Ativan can cause damage to cardiovascular and vascular systems.
  • War veterans often turn to drugs and alcohol to forget what they went through during combat.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Cocaine use can lead to death from respiratory (breathing) failure, stroke, cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain) or heart attack.
  • In 2014, over 913,000 people were reported to be addicted to cocaine.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • Young adults from 18-25 are 50% more than any other age group.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Methamphetamine can cause cardiac damage, elevates heart rate and blood pressure, and can cause a variety of cardiovascular problems, including rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, and increased blood pressure.
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.

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