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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.
  • 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • Cocaine can be snorted, injected, sniffed or smoked.
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • Benzodiazepines like Ativan are found in nearly 50% of all suicide attempts.
  • Within the last ten years' rates of Demerol abuse have risen by nearly 200%.
  • Nitrates are also inhalants that come in the form of leather cleaners and room deodorizers.
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous drugs known to man.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • In 2012, Ambien was prescribed 43.8 million times in the United States.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.

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