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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Ketamine is used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic. It is sometimes used illegally by people to get 'high'.
  • Two-thirds of the ER visits related to Ambien were by females.
  • Younger war veterans (ages 18-25) have a higher likelihood of succumbing to a drug or alcohol addiction.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Over 13 million Americans have admitted to abusing CNS stimulants.
  • Stress is the number one factor in drug and alcohol abuse.
  • Almost 38 million people have admitted to have used cocaine in their lifetime.
  • There were over 190,000 hospitalizations in the U.S. in 2008 due to inhalant poisoning.
  • Over 500,000 individuals have abused Ambien.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • 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.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • 43% of high school seniors have used marijuana.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.

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