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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Some common names for anabolic steroids are Gear, Juice, Roids, and Stackers.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP.
  • Substance Use Treatment at a Specialty Facility: Treatment received at a hospital (inpatient only), rehabilitation facility (inpatient or outpatient), or mental health center to reduce alcohol use, or to address medical problems associated with alcohol use.
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.
  • 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
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • Ambien can cause severe allergic reactions such as hives, breathing problems and swelling of the mouth, tongue and throat.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.
  • Opiate-based abuse causes over 17,000 deaths annually.
  • Ambien, the commonly prescribed sleep aid, is also known as Zolpidem.
  • Street amphetamine: bennies, black beauties, copilots, eye-openers, lid poppers, pep pills, speed, uppers, wake-ups, and white crosses28
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • In Hamilton County, 7,300 people were served by street outreach, emergency shelter and transitional housing programs in 2007, according to the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care for the Homeless.
  • 3 million people over the age of 12 have used methamphetamineand 529,000 of those are regular users.

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