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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • 64% of teens say they have used prescription pain killers that they got from a friend or family member.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Ecstasy is one of the most popular drugs among youth today.
  • Another man on 'a mission from God' was stopped by police driving near an industrial park in Texas.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • Ecstasy can stay in one's system for 1-5 days.
  • Production and trafficking soared again in the 1990's in relation to organized crime in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • Alcohol kills more young people than all other drugs combined.
  • Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
  • Oxycontin has risen by over 80% within three years.
  • Victims of predatory drugs often do not realize taking the drug or remember the sexual assault taking place.
  • 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.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.
  • In Utah, more than 95,000 adults and youths need substance-abuse treatment services, according to the Utah Division of Substance and Mental Health 2007 annual report.
  • Cocaine use is highest among Americans aged 18 to 25.

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