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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Valium is a drug that is used to manage anxiety disorders.
  • The number of Americans with an addiction to heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2011.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • 43% of high school seniors have used marijuana.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • There are approximately 5,000 LSD-related emergency room visits per year.
  • 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.
  • The United States produces on average 300 tons of barbiturates per year.
  • The Department of Justice listed the Chicago metro area as the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Between 2006 and 2010, 9 out of 10 antidepressant patents expired, resulting in a huge loss of pharmaceutical companies.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.
  • The United States spends over 560 Billion Dollars for pain relief.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.

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