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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Predatory drugs metabolize quickly so that they are not in the system when the victim is medically examined.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • 1 in 5 college students admitted to have abused prescription stimulants like dexedrine.
  • 54% of high school seniors do not think regular steroid use is harmful, the lowest number since 1980, when the National Institute on Drug Abuse started asking about perception on steroids.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • Hallucinogens do not always produce hallucinations.
  • During this time, Anti-Depressant use among all ages increased by almost 400 percent.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • Invisible drugs include coffee, tea, soft drinks, tobacco, beer and wine.
  • Tens of millions of Americans use prescription medications non-medically every year.

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