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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Drug use can interfere with the healthy birth of a baby.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • 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.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • Adderall was brought to the prescription drug market as a new way to treat A.D.H.D in 1996, slowly replacing Ritalin.
  • In 2011, non-medical use of Alprazolam resulted in 123,744 emergency room visits.
  • Codeine is a prescription drug, and is part of a group of drugs known as opioids.
  • American dies from a prescription drug overdose every 19 minutes.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Oxycodone comes in a number of forms including capsules, tablets, liquid and suppositories. It also comes in a variety of strengths.
  • Adderall originally came about by accident.
  • Coca is one of the oldest, most potent and most dangerous stimulants of natural origin.
  • More than9 in 10people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.

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