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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • 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
  • 50% of teens believe that taking prescription drugs is much safer than using illegal street drugs.
  • 80% of methadone-related deaths were deemed accidental, even though most cases involved other drugs.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • Stimulants are prescribed in the treatment of obesity.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Amphetamines + alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines: the body is placed under a high degree of stress as it attempts to deal with the conflicting effects of both types of drugs, which can lead to an overdose.
  • Some effects from of long-acting barbiturates can last up to two days.
  • Ketamine can be swallowed, snorted or injected.
  • Drug addiction treatment programs are available for each specific type of drug from marijuana to heroin to cocaine to prescription medication.
  • 26.9 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they engaged in binge drinking in the past month.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion annually.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Women born after World War 2 were more inclined to become alcoholics than those born before 1943.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Over 60 percent of Americans on Anti-Depressants have been taking them for two or more years.
  • One of the strongest forms of Amphetamines is Meth, which can come in powder, tablet or crystal form.

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