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

  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misuing or abusing are prescription medications.3
  • Heroin is a highly addictive drug and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is also known as Big H, Black Tar, Chiva, Hell Dust, Horse, Negra, Smack,Thunder
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.
  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their first time.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • Because it is smoked, the effects of crack cocaine are more immediate and more intense than that of powdered cocaine.
  • Within the last ten years' rates of Demerol abuse have risen by nearly 200%.
  • Teens who have open communication with their parents are half as likely to try drugs, yet only a quarter of adolescents state that they have had conversations with their parents regarding drugs.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.

Free non-judgmental advice at

866-720-3784