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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • 37% of individuals claim that the United States is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Amphetamine withdrawal is characterized by severe depression and fatigue.
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • Production and trafficking soared again in the 1990's in relation to organized crime in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
  • Synthetic drug stimulants, also known as cathinones, mimic the effects of ecstasy or MDMA. Bath salts and Molly are examples of synthetic cathinones.
  • Crack cocaine is the crystal form of cocaine, which normally comes in a powder form.
  • The most prominent drugs being abused in Alabama and requiring rehabilitation were Marijuana, Alcohol and Cocaine in 2006 5,927 people were admitted for Marijuana, 3,446 for Alcohol and an additional 2,557 admissions for Cocaine and Crack.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.
  • More than 16.3 million adults are impacted by Alcoholism in the U.S. today.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.
  • Alcohol is a depressant derived from the fermentation of natural sugars in fruits, vegetables and grains.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.

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