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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 60% of High Schoolers, 32% of Middle Schoolers have seen drugs used, kept or sold on school grounds.
  • 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.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Smoking crack cocaine can lead to sudden death by means of a heart attack or stroke right then.
  • 1 in every 9 high school seniors has tried synthetic marijuana (also known as 'Spice' or 'K2').
  • Ritalin and related 'hyperactivity' type drugs can be found almost anywhere.
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Cocaine is the second most trafficked illegal drug in the world.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • People who use marijuana believe it to be harmless and want it legalized.
  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their first time.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • Deaths related to painkillers have risen by over 180% over the last ten years.

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