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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Mixing Ativan with depressants, such as alcohol, can lead to seizures, coma and death.
  • Opiates work well to relieve pain. But you can get addicted to them quickly, if you don't use them correctly.
  • Adderall use (often prescribed to treat ADHD) has increased among high school seniors from 5.4% in 2009 to 7.5% this year.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • 12.4 million Americans aged 12 or older tried Ecstasy at least once in their lives, representing 5% of the US population in that age group.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Krododil users rarely live more than one year after taking it.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • Young adults from 18-25 are 50% more than any other age group.
  • Amphetamines + alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines: the body is placed under a high degree of stress as it attempts to deal with the conflicting effects of both types of drugs, which can lead to an overdose.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • Those who complete prison-based treatment and continue with treatment in the community have the best outcomes.
  • In Alabama during the year 2006 a total of 20,340 people were admitted to Drug rehab or Alcohol rehab programs.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.

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