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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • Two thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers got them from family or friends, often without their knowledge, such as stealing them from the medicine cabinet.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • Sniffing gasoline is a common form of abusing inhalants and can be lethal.
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • Steroids are often abused by those who want to build muscle mass.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • Abused by an estimated one in five teens, prescription drugs are second only to alcohol and marijuana as the substances they use to get high.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • Cocaine is the second most trafficked illegal drug in the world.
  • Alprazolam is a generic form of the Benzodiazepine, Xanax.
  • Some common street names for Amphetamines include: speed, uppers, black mollies, blue mollies, Benz and wake ups.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • Aerosols are a form of inhalants that include vegetable oil, hair spray, deodorant and spray paint.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.

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