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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • In the United States, deaths from pain medication abuse are outnumbering deaths from traffic accidents in young adults.
  • Soon following its introduction, Cocaine became a common household drug.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • 45%of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Oxycodone comes in a number of forms including capsules, tablets, liquid and suppositories. It also comes in a variety of strengths.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • Invisible drugs include coffee, tea, soft drinks, tobacco, beer and wine.
  • In 2014, there were over 39,000 unintentional drug overdose deaths in the United States
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Most people try heroin for the first time in their late teens or early 20s. Anyone can become addictedall races, genders, and ethnicities.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.

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