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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • In 1904, Barbiturates were introduced for further medicinal purposes
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Statistics say that prohibition made Alcohol abuse worse, with more people drinking more than ever.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Nicknames for Alprazolam include Alprax, Kalma, Nu-Alpraz, and Tranax.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • Over 2.3 million people admitted to have abused Ketamine.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • Stimulants are prescribed in the treatment of obesity.
  • Cocaine use is highest among Americans aged 18 to 25.
  • About 72% of all cases reported to poison centers for substance use were calls from people's homes.
  • Oxycodone is sold under many trade names, such as Percodan, Endodan, Roxiprin, Percocet, Endocet, Roxicet and OxyContin.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.

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