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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Crack cocaine earned the nickname crack because of the cracking sound it makes when it is heated.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Alcohol can impair hormone-releasing glands causing them to alter, which can lead to dangerous medical conditions.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.
  • Some common street names for Amphetamines include: speed, uppers, black mollies, blue mollies, Benz and wake ups.
  • Drug addiction and abuse costs the American taxpayers an average of $484 billion each year.
  • 75% of most designer drugs are consumed by adolescents and younger adults.
  • Young adults from 18-25 are 50% more than any other age group.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Prolonged use of cocaine can cause ulcers in the nostrils.
  • Over 750,000 people have used LSD within the past year.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • The number of habitual cocaine users has declined by 75% since 1986, but it's still a popular drug for many people.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.

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