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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • In 2011, over 800,000 Americans reported having an addiction to cocaine.
  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
  • In Alabama during the year 2006 a total of 20,340 people were admitted to Drug rehab or Alcohol rehab programs.
  • Teens who start with alcohol are more likely to try cocaine than teens who do not drink.
  • Methamphetamine production is a relatively simple process, especially when compared to many other recreational drugs.
  • Despite 20 years of scientific evidence showing that drug treatment programs do work, the feds fail to offer enough of them to prisoners.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • In 2012, nearly 2.5 million individuals abused prescription drugs for the first time.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Adverse effects from Ambien rose nearly 220 percent from 2005 to 2010.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • 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
  • PCP (also known as angel dust) can cause drug addiction in the infant as well as tremors.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Prescription drug spending increased 9.0% to $324.6 billion in 2015, slower than the 12.4% growth in 2014.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • 11.6% of those arrested used crack in the previous week.

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