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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • These days, taking pills is acceptable: there is the feeling that there is a "pill for everything".
  • 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.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • The sale of painkillers has increased by over 300% since 1999.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • In 2013, more high school seniors regularly used marijuana than cigarettes as 22.7% smoked pot in the last month, compared to 16.3% who smoked cigarettes.
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Crack cocaine gets its name from how it breaks into little rocks after being produced.
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • Adverse effects from Ambien rose nearly 220 percent from 2005 to 2010.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Subutex use has increased by over 66% within just two years.
  • Rohypnol has no odor or taste so it can be put into someone's drink without being detected, which has lead to it being called the "Date Rape Drug".

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