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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • The act in 1914 prohibited the import of coca leaves and Cocaine, except for pharmaceutical purposes.
  • Approximately 35,000,000 Americans a year have been admitted into the hospital due abusing medications like Darvocet.
  • One oxycodone pill can cost $80 on the street, compared to $3 to $5 for a bag of heroin. As addiction intensifies, many users end up turning to heroin.
  • The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.
  • 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.
  • Other psychological symptoms include manic behavior, psychosis (losing touch with reality) and aggression, commonly known as 'Roid Rage'.
  • Gangs, whether street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs or even prison gangs, distribute more drugs on the streets of the U.S. than any other person or persons do.
  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • The Department of Justice listed the Chicago metro area as the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • 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
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • Smoking tobacco can cause a miscarriage or a premature birth.
  • Short term rehab effectively helps more women than men, even though they may have suffered more traumatic situations than men did.
  • Over 2.1 million people in the United States abused Anti-Depressants in 2011 alone.

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