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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • There are approximately 5,000 LSD-related emergency room visits per year.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • In 2014, over 913,000 people were reported to be addicted to cocaine.
  • 26.9 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they engaged in binge drinking in the past month.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • Meth has a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
  • Other names of ecstasy include Eckies, E, XTC, pills, pingers, bikkies, flippers, and molly.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.
  • 92% of those who begin using Ecstasy later turn to other drugs including marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine and heroin.
  • In 1981, Alprazolam released to the United States drug market.
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • 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
  • The United States produces on average 300 tons of barbiturates per year.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.

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