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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Meth causes severe paranoia episodes such as hallucinations and delusions.
  • Over 10 million people have used methamphetamine at least once in their lifetime.
  • 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
  • People who use heroin regularly are likely to develop a physical dependence.
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.
  • Street names for fentanyl or for fentanyl-laced heroin include Apache, China Girl, China White, Dance Fever, Friend, Goodfella, Jackpot, Murder 8, TNT, and Tango and Cash.
  • 193,717 people were admitted to Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs in California in 2006.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Subutex use has increased by over 66% within just two years.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • From 1961-1980 the Anti-Depressant boom hit the market in the United States.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • Women born after World War 2 were more inclined to become alcoholics than those born before 1943.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.

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