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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Non-pharmaceutical fentanyl is sold in the following forms: as a powder; spiked on blotter paper; mixed with or substituted for heroin; or as tablets that mimic other, less potent opioids.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Ritalin is easy to get, and cheap.
  • 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.
  • 3 million people over the age of 12 have used methamphetamineand 529,000 of those are regular users.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
  • Using Crack Cocaine, even once, can result in life altering addiction.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • Younger war veterans (ages 18-25) have a higher likelihood of succumbing to a drug or alcohol addiction.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Over 60% of all deaths from overdose are attributed to prescription drug abuse.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Drug addiction and abuse can be linked to at least of all major crimes committed in the United States.
  • Codeine is widely used in the U.S. by prescription and over the counter for use as a pain reliever and cough suppressant.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.

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