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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 1 in 5 college students admitted to have abused prescription stimulants like dexedrine.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Two thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers got them from family or friends, often without their knowledge, such as stealing them from the medicine cabinet.
  • Meth creates an immediate high that quickly fades. As a result, users often take it repeatedly, making it extremely addictive.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • High dosages of ketamine can lead to the feeling of an out of body experience or even death.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • In treatment, the drug abuser is taught to break old patterns of behavior, action and thinking. All While learning new skills for avoiding drug use and criminal behavior.
  • There were over 1.8 million Americans 12 or older who used a hallucinogen or inhalant for the first time. (1.1 million among hallucinogens)
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Ketamine hydrochloride, or 'K,' is a powerful anesthetic designed for use during operations and medical procedures.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.

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