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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • Believe it or not, marijuana is NOT a medicine.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.
  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • People who use heroin regularly are likely to develop a physical dependence.
  • Meth has a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • Smoking crack cocaine can lead to sudden death by means of a heart attack or stroke right then.
  • Heroin use more than doubled among young adults ages 1825 in the past decade
  • Over 53 Million Opiate-based prescriptions are filled each year.
  • Amphetamines + some antidepressants: elevated blood pressure, which can lead to irregular heartbeat, heart failure and stroke.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice

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