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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • 1 in every 9 high school seniors has tried synthetic marijuana (also known as 'Spice' or 'K2').
  • In 2005, 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. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Heroin use more than doubled among young adults ages 1825 in the past decade
  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • In 1904, Barbiturates were introduced for further medicinal purposes
  • K2 and Spice are synthetic marijuana compounds, also known as cannabinoids.
  • Hallucinogens (also known as 'psychedelics') can make a person see, hear, smell, feel or taste things that aren't really there or are different from how they are in reality.
  • Crack cocaine goes directly into the lungs because it is mostly smoked, delivering the high almost immediately.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • Valium is a drug that is used to manage anxiety disorders.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.

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