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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • The word cocaine refers to the drug in a powder form or crystal form.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • In 2010, U.S. Poison Control Centers received 304 calls regarding Bath Salts.
  • 43% of high school seniors have used marijuana.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • Over 53 Million Opiate-based prescriptions are filled each year.
  • 50% of teens believe that taking prescription drugs is much safer than using illegal street drugs.
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • This Schedule IV Narcotic in the U.S. is often used as a date rape drug.
  • Hallucinogens are drugs used to alter the perception and function of the mind.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.

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