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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Ritalin is easy to get, and cheap.
  • Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • In 2011, over 65 million doses of Krokodil were seized within just three months.
  • Cocaine has long been used for its ability to boost energy, relieve fatigue and lessen hunger.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • 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.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • According to a new survey, nearly two thirds of young women in the United Kingdom admitted to binge drinking so excessively they had no memory of the night before the next morning.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.

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