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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 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).
  • Alcohol is the most likely substance for someone to become addicted to in America.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • There are innocent people behind bars because of the drug conspiracy laws.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Women who had an alcoholic parent are more likely to become an alcoholic than men who have an alcoholic parent.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Young adults from 18-25 are 50% more than any other age group.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.

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