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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • The duration of cocaine's effects depends on the route of administration.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia
  • Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • Drug addiction and abuse can be linked to at least of all major crimes committed in the United States.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Methamphetamine usually comes in the form of a crystalline white powder that is odorless, bitter-tasting and dissolves easily in water or alcohol.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant that has been utilized and abused for ages.

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