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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • The effects of ecstasy are usually felt about 20 minutes to an hour after it's taken and last for around 6 hours.
  • 300 tons of barbiturates are produced legally in the U.S. every year.
  • 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.
  • 6.8 million people with an addiction have a mental illness.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.
  • Over 23.5 million people need treatment for illegal drugs.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Stimulants can increase energy and enhance self esteem.
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • Methadone accounts for nearly one third of opiate-associated deaths.
  • Predatory drugs metabolize quickly so that they are not in the system when the victim is medically examined.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • There are approximately 5,000 LSD-related emergency room visits per year.
  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • Younger war veterans (ages 18-25) have a higher likelihood of succumbing to a drug or alcohol addiction.

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