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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • Meth has a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
  • Outlaw motorcycle gangs are primarily into distributing marijuana and methamphetamine.
  • 7.5 million have used cocaine at least once in their life, 3.5 million in the last year and 1.5 million in the past month.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • The United States consumes over 75% of the world's prescription medications.
  • Approximately 1,800 people 12 and older tried cocaine for the first time in 2011.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more quickly and thus brings an intense and immediatebut very short-livedhigh that lasts about fifteen minutes.
  • More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant that has been utilized and abused for ages.
  • Over 10 million people have used methamphetamine at least once in their lifetime.
  • Each year Alcohol use results in nearly 2,000 college student's deaths.
  • There are innocent people behind bars because of the drug conspiracy laws.

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