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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • Nearly 6,700 people each day abused a psychotropic medication for the first time.
  • Every day in America, approximately 10 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are diagnosed with HIV/AIDSand many of them are infected through risky behaviors associated with drug use.
  • Alcohol is a sedative.
  • Sniffing gasoline is a common form of abusing inhalants and can be lethal.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • The number of habitual cocaine users has declined by 75% since 1986, but it's still a popular drug for many people.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • People who use heroin regularly are likely to develop a physical dependence.
  • Crack cocaine earned the nickname crack because of the cracking sound it makes when it is heated.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.

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