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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Today, a total of 12 Barbiturates are under international control.
  • Stimulants are found in every day household items such as tobacco, nicotine and daytime cough medicine.
  • Local pharmacies often bought - throat lozenges containing Cocaine in bulk and packaged them for sale under their own labels.
  • Ritalin is easy to get, and cheap.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Half of all Ambien related ER visits involved other drug interaction.
  • When injected, Ativan can cause damage to cardiovascular and vascular systems.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • Ativan is faster acting and more addictive than other Benzodiazepines.
  • 1 in 5 adolescents have admitted to using tranquilizers for nonmedical purposes.
  • Adderall was brought to the prescription drug market as a new way to treat A.D.H.D in 1996, slowly replacing Ritalin.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • 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
  • Codeine is widely used in the U.S. by prescription and over the counter for use as a pain reliever and cough suppressant.
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.

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