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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Ecstasy can stay in one's system for 1-5 days.
  • 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.
  • 37% of individuals claim that the United States is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • 88% of people using anti-psychotics are also abusing other substances.
  • Rates of valium abuse have tripled within the course of ten years.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).
  • 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.
  • Smoking tobacco can cause a miscarriage or a premature birth.
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous and potent drugs, with the great potential of causing seizures and heart-related injuries such as stopping the heart, whether one is a short term or long term user.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Over 600,000 people has been reported to have used ecstasy within the last month.
  • There are more than 200 identified synthetic drug compounds and more than 90 different synthetic drug marijuana compounds.

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