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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Even a single dose of heroin can start a person on the road to addiction.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that more than 9.5% of youths aged 12 to 17 in the US were current illegal drug users.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Some common street names for Amphetamines include: speed, uppers, black mollies, blue mollies, Benz and wake ups.
  • The United States produces on average 300 tons of barbiturates per year.
  • Some common names for anabolic steroids are Gear, Juice, Roids, and Stackers.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • 90% of Americans with a substance abuse problem started smoking marijuana, drinking or using other drugs before age 18.
  • Alprazolam is held accountable for about 125,000 emergency-room visits each year.
  • Ketamine hydrochloride, or 'K,' is a powerful anesthetic designed for use during operations and medical procedures.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • Excessive use of alcohol can lead to sexual impotence.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.

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