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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Even a single dose of heroin can start a person on the road to addiction.
  • The Barbituric acid compound was made from malonic apple acid and animal urea.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP.
  • Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.
  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • In 2007, 33 counties in California reported the seizure of clandestine labs, compared with 21 counties reporting seizing labs in 2006.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Alcohol is a sedative.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Test subjects who were given cocaine and Ritalin could not tell the difference.
  • Meth users often have bad teeth from poor oral hygiene, dry mouth as meth can crack and deteriorate teeth.
  • Krododil users rarely live more than one year after taking it.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Women in college who drank experienced higher levels of sexual aggression acts from men.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.

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