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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Smoking crack cocaine can lead to sudden death by means of a heart attack or stroke right then.
  • Ketamine is used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic. It is sometimes used illegally by people to get 'high'.
  • Oxycodone is sold under many trade names, such as Percodan, Endodan, Roxiprin, Percocet, Endocet, Roxicet and OxyContin.
  • 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • Almost 38 million people have admitted to have used cocaine in their lifetime.
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • The effects of ecstasy are usually felt about 20 minutes to an hour after it's taken and last for around 6 hours.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP. The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Millions of dollars per month are spent trafficking illegal drugs.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • Amphetamines + alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines: the body is placed under a high degree of stress as it attempts to deal with the conflicting effects of both types of drugs, which can lead to an overdose.
  • Popular among children and parents were the Cocaine toothache drops.
  • 1 in every 9 high school seniors has tried synthetic marijuana (also known as 'Spice' or 'K2').
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.

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