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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • In 2012, Ambien was prescribed 43.8 million times in the United States.
  • Stress is the number one factor in drug and alcohol abuse.
  • Alcohol can stay in one's system from one to twelve hours.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • Over 23.5 million people need treatment for illegal drugs.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • 13% of 9th graders report they have tried prescription painkillers to get high.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • Adverse effects from Ambien rose nearly 220 percent from 2005 to 2010.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.

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