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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Depressants are widely used to relieve stress, induce sleep and relieve anxiety.
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Alprazolam is held accountable for about 125,000 emergency-room visits each year.
  • A biochemical abnormality in the liver forms in 80 percent of Steroid users.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Over 500,000 individuals have abused Ambien.
  • 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)
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for tranquilizers.
  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.
  • Benzodiazepines like Ativan are found in nearly 50% of all suicide attempts.
  • Nearly 6,700 people each day abused a psychotropic medication for the first time.
  • Soon following its introduction, Cocaine became a common household drug.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.

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