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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Nearly 23 Million people are in need of treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Teens who have open communication with their parents are half as likely to try drugs, yet only a quarter of adolescents state that they have had conversations with their parents regarding drugs.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • 80% of methadone-related deaths were deemed accidental, even though most cases involved other drugs.
  • Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine.
  • Crack cocaine goes directly into the lungs because it is mostly smoked, delivering the high almost immediately.
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • Crack cocaine earned the nickname crack because of the cracking sound it makes when it is heated.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.
  • 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.
  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.
  • Hydrocodone is used in combination with other chemicals and is available in prescription pain medications as tablets, capsules and syrups.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • Even if you smoke just a few cigarettes a week, you can get addicted to nicotine in a few weeks or even days. The more cigarettes you smoke, the more likely you are to become addicted.
  • A stimulant is a drug that provides users with added energy and contentment.
  • Crack causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.

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