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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • Ambien is a sedative-hypnotic known to cause hallucinations, suicidal thoughts and death.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.
  • Ativan is one of the strongest Benzodiazepines on the market.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • 10 to 22% of automobile accidents involve drivers who are using drugs.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Smoking tobacco can cause a miscarriage or a premature birth.
  • The coca leaf is mainly located in South America and its consumption has dated back to 3000 BC.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.

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