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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Nearly 300,000 Americans received treatment for hallucinogens in 2011.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 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
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • Invisible drugs include coffee, tea, soft drinks, tobacco, beer and wine.
  • 26.9 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they engaged in binge drinking in the past month.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • In 2011, non-medical use of Alprazolam resulted in 123,744 emergency room visits.
  • The Department of Justice listed the Chicago metro area as the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Nitrous oxide is actually found in whipped cream dispensers as well as octane boosters for cars.
  • Cocaine comes in two forms. One is a powder and the other is a rock. The rock form of cocaine is referred to as crack cocaine.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.

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