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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • The United States produces on average 300 tons of barbiturates per year.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • 3 Million people in the United States have been prescribed Suboxone to treat opioid addiction.
  • Alcohol is a sedative.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • Overdose deaths linked to Benzodiazepines, like Ativan, have seen a 4.3-fold increase from 2002 to 2015.
  • Stimulants have both medical and non medical recreational uses and long term use can be hazardous to your health.
  • Women in college who drank experienced higher levels of sexual aggression acts from men.
  • People who use heroin regularly are likely to develop a physical dependence.
  • Nitrates are also inhalants that come in the form of leather cleaners and room deodorizers.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.

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