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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Excessive use of alcohol can lead to sexual impotence.
  • 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.
  • In Alabama during the year 2006 a total of 20,340 people were admitted to Drug rehab or Alcohol rehab programs.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • 50% of teens believe that taking prescription drugs is much safer than using illegal street drugs.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • Hallucinogens are drugs used to alter the perception and function of the mind.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • 60% of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15.
  • 1.3% of high school seniors have tired bath salts.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • Alcohol is the number one substance-related cause of depression in people.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • Ecstasy can stay in one's system for 1-5 days.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.

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