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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Statistics say that prohibition made Alcohol abuse worse, with more people drinking more than ever.
  • Over 60% of teens report that drugs of some kind are kept, sold, and used at their school.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP. The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Many people wrongly imprisoned under conspiracy laws are women who did nothing more than pick up a phone and take a message for their spouse, boyfriend, child or neighbor.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • Anti-Depressants are often combined with Alcohol, which increases the risk of poisoning and overdose.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • Cocaine use can lead to death from respiratory (breathing) failure, stroke, cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain) or heart attack.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • 8.6% of 12th graders have used hallucinogens 4% report on using LSD specifically.
  • Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.

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