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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Prescription drug spending increased 9.0% to $324.6 billion in 2015, slower than the 12.4% growth in 2014.
  • At least half of the suspects arrested for murder and assault were under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • About one in ten Americans over the age of 12 take an Anti-Depressant.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • A syringe of morphine was, in a very real sense, a magic wand,' states David Courtwright in Dark Paradise. '
  • Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 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.
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.

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