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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Alcohol kills more young people than all other drugs combined.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Heroin can be injected, smoked or snorted
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • GHB is a popular drug at teen parties and "raves".
  • The generic form of Oxycontin poses a bigger threat to those who abuse it, raising the number of poison control center calls remarkably.
  • 60% of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15.
  • Nearly 6,700 people each day abused a psychotropic medication for the first time.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.
  • Methadone accounts for nearly one third of opiate-associated deaths.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Ketamine is actually a tranquilizer most commonly used in veterinary practice on animals.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • In 1990, 600,000 children in the U.S. were on stimulant medication for A.D.H.D.
  • 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).

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