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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • The euphoric feeling of cocaine is then followed by a crash filled with depression and paranoia.
  • Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • Snorting drugs can create loss of sense of smell, nosebleeds, frequent runny nose, and problems with swallowing.
  • Over 200,000 people have abused Ketamine within the past year.
  • 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.
  • Even if you smoke just a few cigarettes a week, you can get addicted to nicotine in a few weeks or even days. The more cigarettes you smoke, the more likely you are to become addicted.
  • People who abuse anabolic steroids usually take them orally or inject them into the muscles.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • The United States consumes over 75% of the world's prescription medications.
  • 300 tons of barbiturates are produced legally in the U.S. every year.
  • Rates of valium abuse have tripled within the course of ten years.
  • The New Hampshire Department of Corrections reports 85 percent of inmates arrive at the state prison with a history of substance abuse.
  • Those who complete prison-based treatment and continue with treatment in the community have the best outcomes.
  • Cocaine use can lead to death from respiratory (breathing) failure, stroke, cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain) or heart attack.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.

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