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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • In treatment, the drug abuser is taught to break old patterns of behavior, action and thinking. All While learning new skills for avoiding drug use and criminal behavior.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • In Utah, more than 95,000 adults and youths need substance-abuse treatment services, according to the Utah Division of Substance and Mental Health 2007 annual report.
  • Over 53 Million Oxycodone prescriptions are filled each year.
  • Some designer drugs have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • Out of all the benzodiazepine emergency room visits 78% of individuals are using other substances.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Most users sniff or snort cocaine, although it can also be injected or smoked.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.
  • In 1981, Alprazolam released to the United States drug market.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.

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