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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Over 13 million individuals abuse stimulants like Dexedrine.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafejust like driving after drinking alcohol.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • 60% of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Bath Salt use has been linked to violent behavior, however not all stories are violent.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Cocaine has long been used for its ability to boost energy, relieve fatigue and lessen hunger.
  • 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.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Over 60% of teens report that drugs of some kind are kept, sold, and used at their school.
  • Methamphetamine can be swallowed, snorted, smoked and injected by users.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • Over 60% of all deaths from overdose are attributed to prescription drug abuse.

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