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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • 'Crack' is Cocaine cooked into rock form by processing it with ammonia or baking soda.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • Today, teens are 10 times more likely to use Steroids than in 1991.
  • Crystal Meth is the world's second most popular illicit drug.
  • Opiates work well to relieve pain. But you can get addicted to them quickly, if you don't use them correctly.
  • More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.1
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Substance abuse and addiction also affects other areas, such as broken families, destroyed careers, death due to negligence or accident, domestic violence, physical abuse, and child abuse.
  • In 2010, around 13 million people have abused methamphetamines in their life and approximately 350,000 people were regular users. This number increased by over 80,000 the following year.
  • Steroids are often abused by those who want to build muscle mass.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • 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.
  • Today, a total of 12 Barbiturates are under international control.
  • Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.

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