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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Those who complete prison-based treatment and continue with treatment in the community have the best outcomes.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Ritalin is easy to get, and cheap.
  • A biochemical abnormality in the liver forms in 80 percent of Steroid users.
  • Over 53 Million Opiate-based prescriptions are filled each year.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • Over 200,000 people have abused Ketamine within the past year.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Drug addiction treatment programs are available for each specific type of drug from marijuana to heroin to cocaine to prescription medication.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Anti-Depressants are often combined with Alcohol, which increases the risk of poisoning and overdose.
  • Women born after World War 2 were more inclined to become alcoholics than those born before 1943.

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