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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • Drug addicts are not the only ones affected by drug addiction.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.
  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their first time.
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • 75% of most designer drugs are consumed by adolescents and younger adults.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • There are programs for alcohol addiction.
  • In 2010, around 13 million people have abused methamphetamines in their life and approximately 350,000 people were regular users. This number increased by over 80,000 the following year.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • Amphetamines + some antidepressants: elevated blood pressure, which can lead to irregular heartbeat, heart failure and stroke.

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