Toll Free Assessment
866-720-3784
Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania/category/pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania/category/pennsylvania

There are a total of drug treatment centers listed under the category in pennsylvania/category/pennsylvania. If you have a facility that is part of the category you can contact us to share it on our website. Additional information about these listings in Pennsylvania/category/pennsylvania is available by phoning our toll free rehab helpline at 866-720-3784.

Rehabilitation Categories

We have carefully sorted the drug rehab centers in pennsylvania/category/pennsylvania. Filter your search for a treatment program or facility with specific categories. You may also find a resource using our addiction treatment search. For additional information on pennsylvania/category/pennsylvania drug rehab please phone our toll free helpline.

Drug Facts

  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.
  • 13% of 9th graders report they have tried prescription painkillers to get high.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
  • Those who complete prison-based treatment and continue with treatment in the community have the best outcomes.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • Adderall is a Schedule II controlled substance, meaning that it has a high potential for addiction.
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • In the 20th Century Barbiturates were Prescribed as sedatives, anesthetics, anxiolytics, and anti-convulsants
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • Heroin is a drug that is processed from morphine.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • 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.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.

Free non-judgmental advice at

866-720-3784