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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • A stimulant is a drug that provides users with added energy and contentment.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • Coca is one of the oldest, most potent and most dangerous stimulants of natural origin.
  • Prescription medications are legal drugs.
  • Crack cocaine is one of the most powerful illegal drugs when it comes to producing psychological dependence.
  • Alcohol misuse cost the United States $249.0 billion.
  • Popular among children and parents were the Cocaine toothache drops.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • Sniffing gasoline is a common form of abusing inhalants and can be lethal.
  • 1 in 10 high school students has reported abusing barbiturates
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • 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.
  • Methamphetamine has many nicknamesmeth, crank, chalk or speed being the most common.
  • War veterans often turn to drugs and alcohol to forget what they went through during combat.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Individuals with severe drug problems and or underlying mental health issues typically need longer in-patient drug treatment often times a minimum of 3 months is recommended.

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