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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Young adults from 18-25 are 50% more than any other age group.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • Crack cocaine goes directly into the lungs because it is mostly smoked, delivering the high almost immediately.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that more than 9.5% of youths aged 12 to 17 in the US were current illegal drug users.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Hallucinogen rates have risen by over 30% over the past twenty years.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • Today, it remains a very problematic and popular drug, as it's cheap to produce and much cheaper to purchase than powder cocaine.
  • Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
  • Marijuana is actually dangerous, impacting the mind by causing memory loss and reducing ability.
  • Oxycodone comes in a number of forms including capsules, tablets, liquid and suppositories. It also comes in a variety of strengths.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.

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