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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • In Utah, more than 95,000 adults and youths need substance-abuse treatment services, according to the Utah Division of Substance and Mental Health 2007 annual report.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • There were over 20,000 ecstasy-related emergency room visits in 2011
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • A syringe of morphine was, in a very real sense, a magic wand,' states David Courtwright in Dark Paradise. '
  • One in five adolescents have admitted to abusing inhalants.
  • Nitrous oxide is a medical gas that is referred to as "laughing gas" among users.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • In 2003 a total of 4,006 people were admitted to Alaska Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.

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