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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Teens who have open communication with their parents are half as likely to try drugs, yet only a quarter of adolescents state that they have had conversations with their parents regarding drugs.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Ecstasy can cause kidney, liver and brain damage, including long-lasting lesions (injuries) on brain tissue.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • In the United States, deaths from pain medication abuse are outnumbering deaths from traffic accidents in young adults.
  • 1.3% of high school seniors have tired bath salts.
  • Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant made from the coca plant.
  • Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication within the last month.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • Hallucinogens are drugs used to alter the perception and function of the mind.
  • More than 100,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S., due to their mothers' use of the drug during pregnancy.
  • About one in ten Americans over the age of 12 take an Anti-Depressant.
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.

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