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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • Victims of predatory drugs often do not realize taking the drug or remember the sexual assault taking place.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • Stimulants are found in every day household items such as tobacco, nicotine and daytime cough medicine.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • Crack cocaine was introduced into society in 1985.
  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • 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.
  • Many smokers say they have trouble cutting down on the amount of cigarettes they smoke. This is a sign of addiction.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Over 60% of teens report that drugs of some kind are kept, sold, and used at their school.
  • There are innocent people behind bars because of the drug conspiracy laws.
  • 300 tons of barbiturates are produced legally in the U.S. every year.
  • Cocaine hydrochloride is most commonly snorted. It can also be injected, rubbed into the gums, added to drinks or food.
  • By the 8th grade, 28% of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 15% have smoked cigarettes, and 16.5% have used marijuana.

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