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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • 64% of teens say they have used prescription pain killers that they got from a friend or family member.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Each year Alcohol use results in nearly 2,000 college student's deaths.
  • Almost 50% of high school seniors have abused a drug of some kind.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Some effects from of long-acting barbiturates can last up to two days.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Over 2.1 million people in the United States abused Anti-Depressants in 2011 alone.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • Local pharmacies often bought - throat lozenges containing Cocaine in bulk and packaged them for sale under their own labels.
  • Alprazolam is held accountable for about 125,000 emergency-room visits each year.
  • 1.1 million people each year use hallucinogens for the first time.
  • Adderall was brought to the prescription drug market as a new way to treat A.D.H.D in 1996, slowly replacing Ritalin.
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Alcohol is the number one substance-related cause of depression in people.
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia
  • Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant made from the coca plant.

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