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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Amphetamines + some antidepressants: elevated blood pressure, which can lead to irregular heartbeat, heart failure and stroke.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Babies can be born addicted to drugs.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • Two thirds of the people who abuse drugs or alcohol admit to being sexually molested when they were children.
  • Tens of millions of Americans use prescription medications non-medically every year.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • A stimulant is a drug that provides users with added energy and contentment.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Some effects from of long-acting barbiturates can last up to two days.

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