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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 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
  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
  • Ketamine is used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic. It is sometimes used illegally by people to get 'high'.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • About 1 in 4 college students report academic consequences from drinking, including missing class, falling behind in class, doing poorly on exams or papers, and receiving lower grades overall.30
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • In Russia, Krokodil is estimated to kill 30,000 people each year.
  • In 2014, over 354,000 U.S. citizens were daily users of Crack.
  • In 2010, around 13 million people have abused methamphetamines in their life and approximately 350,000 people were regular users. This number increased by over 80,000 the following year.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • More than 100,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S., due to their mothers' use of the drug during pregnancy.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • In 2009, a Wisconsin man sleepwalked outside and froze to death after taking Ambien.
  • Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication within the last month.

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