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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.
  • Alcohol can impair hormone-releasing glands causing them to alter, which can lead to dangerous medical conditions.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Rates of anti-depressant use have risen by over 400% within just three years.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • Every day in America, approximately 10 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are diagnosed with HIV/AIDSand many of them are infected through risky behaviors associated with drug use.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • In 2011, non-medical use of Alprazolam resulted in 123,744 emergency room visits.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • Mixing Ativan with depressants, such as alcohol, can lead to seizures, coma and death.
  • When injected, Ativan can cause damage to cardiovascular and vascular systems.
  • The Canadian government reports that 90% of their mescaline is a combination of PCP and LSD

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