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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • 1 in 10 high school students has reported abusing barbiturates
  • Short term rehab effectively helps more women than men, even though they may have suffered more traumatic situations than men did.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • 26.9 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they engaged in binge drinking in the past month.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.
  • In treatment, the drug abuser is taught to break old patterns of behavior, action and thinking. All While learning new skills for avoiding drug use and criminal behavior.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • More than 16.3 million adults are impacted by Alcoholism in the U.S. today.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) is a synthetic, mind-altering drug that acts both as a stimulant and a hallucinogenic.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • 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.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.

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