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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time
  • Sniffing paint is a common form of inhalant abuse.
  • Today, it remains a very problematic and popular drug, as it's cheap to produce and much cheaper to purchase than powder cocaine.
  • 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.
  • Over 500,000 individuals have abused Ambien.
  • Substance abuse and addiction also affects other areas, such as broken families, destroyed careers, death due to negligence or accident, domestic violence, physical abuse, and child abuse.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • LSD can stay in one's system from a few hours to five days.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • 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.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafejust like driving after drinking alcohol.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.

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