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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • A syringe of morphine was, in a very real sense, a magic wand,' states David Courtwright in Dark Paradise. '
  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.
  • Street gang members primarily turn cocaine into crack cocaine.
  • 'Crack' is Cocaine cooked into rock form by processing it with ammonia or baking soda.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Methadone can stay in a person's system for 1- 14 days.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • 90% of Americans with a substance abuse problem started smoking marijuana, drinking or using other drugs before age 18.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP. The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • Those who complete prison-based treatment and continue with treatment in the community have the best outcomes.

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