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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Steroids are often abused by those who want to build muscle mass.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Family intervention has been found to be upwards of ninety percent successful and professionally conducted interventions have a success rate of near 98 percent.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • The most prominent drugs being abused in Alabama and requiring rehabilitation were Marijuana, Alcohol and Cocaine in 2006 5,927 people were admitted for Marijuana, 3,446 for Alcohol and an additional 2,557 admissions for Cocaine and Crack.
  • Synthetic drug stimulants, also known as cathinones, mimic the effects of ecstasy or MDMA. Bath salts and Molly are examples of synthetic cathinones.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • Children, innocent drivers, families, the environment, all are affected by drug addiction even if they have never taken a drink or tried a drug.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • In 1993, inhalation (42%) was the most frequently used route of administration among primary Methamphetamine admissions.
  • After hitting the market, Ativan was used to treat insomnia, vertigo, seizures, and alcohol withdrawal.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.

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