Toll Free Assessment
866-720-3784
Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

There are a total of drug treatment centers listed under the category in pennsylvania. If you have a facility that is part of the category you can contact us to share it on our website. Additional information about these listings in Pennsylvania is available by phoning our toll free rehab helpline at 866-720-3784.

Rehabilitation Categories

We have carefully sorted the drug rehab centers in pennsylvania. Filter your search for a treatment program or facility with specific categories. You may also find a resource using our addiction treatment search. For additional information on pennsylvania drug rehab please phone our toll free helpline.

Drug Facts

  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • 3 Million people in the United States have been prescribed Suboxone to treat opioid addiction.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication within the last month.
  • Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time
  • Ecstasy is sometimes mixed with substances such as rat poison.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.
  • In 2005, 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. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • Meth can quickly be made with battery acid, antifreeze and drain cleaner.
  • Methadone accounts for nearly one third of opiate-associated deaths.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Marijuana had the highest rates of dependence out of all illicit substances in 2011.
  • American dies from a prescription drug overdose every 19 minutes.

Free non-judgmental advice at

866-720-3784