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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Marijuana had the highest rates of dependence out of all illicit substances in 2011.
  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.
  • 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.
  • In 2012, Ambien was prescribed 43.8 million times in the United States.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • 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.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • The act in 1914 prohibited the import of coca leaves and Cocaine, except for pharmaceutical purposes.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.

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