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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Most people try heroin for the first time in their late teens or early 20s. Anyone can become addictedall races, genders, and ethnicities.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • Marijuana had the highest rates of dependence out of all illicit substances in 2011.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • 31% of rock star deaths are related to drugs or alcohol.
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • 45%of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • GHB is often referred to as Liquid Ecstasy, Easy Lay, Liquid X and Goop
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • In 2009, a Wisconsin man sleepwalked outside and froze to death after taking Ambien.
  • Pure Cocaine is extracted from the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca bush.
  • Alcohol is a depressant derived from the fermentation of natural sugars in fruits, vegetables and grains.
  • Drug use can interfere with the healthy birth of a baby.
  • Abused by an estimated one in five teens, prescription drugs are second only to alcohol and marijuana as the substances they use to get high.

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