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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Crack Cocaine is the riskiest form of a Cocaine substance.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide and manufactures 74% of illicit opiates. However, Mexico is the leading supplier to the U.S
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • In 2012, over 16 million adults were prescribed Adderall.
  • Adderall is popular on college campuses, with black markets popping up to supply the demand of students.
  • In 2007, 33 counties in California reported the seizure of clandestine labs, compared with 21 counties reporting seizing labs in 2006.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • In 2013, that number increased to 3.5 million children on stimulants.
  • Ironically, young teens in small towns are more likely to use crystal meth than teens raised in the city.
  • In 1993, inhalation (42%) was the most frequently used route of administration among primary Methamphetamine admissions.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.

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