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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Prescription medications are legal drugs.
  • Ketamine has risen by over 300% in the last ten years.
  • Deaths related to painkillers have risen by over 180% over the last ten years.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • 64% of teens say they have used prescription pain killers that they got from a friend or family member.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • Over 1 million people have tried hallucinogens for the fist time this year.
  • More than9 in 10people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • Mixing Adderall with Alcohol increases the risk of cardiovascular problems.
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.
  • Nicknames for Alprazolam include Alprax, Kalma, Nu-Alpraz, and Tranax.
  • Production and trafficking soared again in the 1990's in relation to organized crime in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • In Alabama during the year 2006 a total of 20,340 people were admitted to Drug rehab or Alcohol rehab programs.

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