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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • Depressants are widely used to relieve stress, induce sleep and relieve anxiety.
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • Adderall was brought to the prescription drug market as a new way to treat A.D.H.D in 1996, slowly replacing Ritalin.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • 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
  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.
  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • Out of every 100 people who try, only between 5 and 10 will actually be able to stop smoking on their own.
  • Used illicitly, stimulants can lead to delirium and paranoia.
  • Coca is one of the oldest, most potent and most dangerous stimulants of natural origin.
  • Popular among children and parents were the Cocaine toothache drops.

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