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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • Opiate-based abuse causes over 17,000 deaths annually.
  • Methamphetamine usually comes in the form of a crystalline white powder that is odorless, bitter-tasting and dissolves easily in water or alcohol.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Heroin use more than doubled among young adults ages 1825 in the past decade
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia
  • Ativan is faster acting and more addictive than other Benzodiazepines.
  • 60% of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15.
  • Approximately 122,000 people have admitted to using PCP in the past year.
  • Invisible drugs include coffee, tea, soft drinks, tobacco, beer and wine.
  • Over 53 Million Opiate-based prescriptions are filled each year.
  • Amphetamine withdrawal is characterized by severe depression and fatigue.
  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.
  • 92% of those who begin using Ecstasy later turn to other drugs including marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine and heroin.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • Over 750,000 people have used LSD within the past year.

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