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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • The drug Diazepam has over 500 different brand-names worldwide.
  • Drinking behavior in women differentiates according to their age; many resemble the pattern of their husbands, single friends or married friends, whichever is closest to their own lifestyle and age.
  • In 2012, over 16 million adults were prescribed Adderall.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • 13% of 9th graders report they have tried prescription painkillers to get high.
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • One in ten high school seniors in the US admits to abusing prescription painkillers.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.
  • Other psychological symptoms include manic behavior, psychosis (losing touch with reality) and aggression, commonly known as 'Roid Rage'.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.

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