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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive drug and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is also known as Big H, Black Tar, Chiva, Hell Dust, Horse, Negra, Smack,Thunder
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • Crack cocaine earned the nickname crack because of the cracking sound it makes when it is heated.
  • 8.6% of 12th graders have used hallucinogens 4% report on using LSD specifically.
  • 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.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Ativan is one of the strongest Benzodiazepines on the market.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • Ecstasy use has been 12 times more prevalent since it became known as club drug.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Nearly 300,000 Americans received treatment for hallucinogens in 2011.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • 45%of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • The New Hampshire Department of Corrections reports 85 percent of inmates arrive at the state prison with a history of substance abuse.

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