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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • Over 550,000 high school students abuse anabolic steroids every year.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 'Crack' is Cocaine cooked into rock form by processing it with ammonia or baking soda.
  • Street names for fentanyl or for fentanyl-laced heroin include Apache, China Girl, China White, Dance Fever, Friend, Goodfella, Jackpot, Murder 8, TNT, and Tango and Cash.
  • Some common street names for Amphetamines include: speed, uppers, black mollies, blue mollies, Benz and wake ups.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • Sniffing gasoline is a common form of abusing inhalants and can be lethal.
  • Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine.
  • Nitrous oxide is a medical gas that is referred to as "laughing gas" among users.
  • Mixing Adderall with Alcohol increases the risk of cardiovascular problems.
  • Ketamine is actually a tranquilizer most commonly used in veterinary practice on animals.
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
  • Heroin can be injected, smoked or snorted
  • 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.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.

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