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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Nearly 300,000 Americans received treatment for hallucinogens in 2011.
  • Abused by an estimated one in five teens, prescription drugs are second only to alcohol and marijuana as the substances they use to get high.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • About one in ten Americans over the age of 12 take an Anti-Depressant.
  • In its purest form, heroin is a fine white powder
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • In Hamilton County, 7,300 people were served by street outreach, emergency shelter and transitional housing programs in 2007, according to the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care for the Homeless.
  • Cigarettes can kill you and they are the leading preventable cause of death.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • Stress is the number one factor in drug and alcohol abuse.
  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.

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