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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • One in ten high school seniors in the US admits to abusing prescription painkillers.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • Rohypnol causes a person to black out or forget what happened to them.
  • Mixing sedatives such as Ambien with alcohol can be harmful, even leading to death
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • Two thirds of the people who abuse drugs or alcohol admit to being sexually molested when they were children.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • 11.6% of those arrested used crack in the previous week.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • In Arizona during the year 2006 a total of 23,656 people were admitted to addiction treatment programs.
  • 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.
  • Crack comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow to pale rose or white.

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