Toll Free Assessment
866-720-3784
Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

There are a total of drug treatment centers listed under the category in pennsylvania. If you have a facility that is part of the category you can contact us to share it on our website. Additional information about these listings in Pennsylvania is available by phoning our toll free rehab helpline at 866-720-3784.

Rehabilitation Categories

We have carefully sorted the drug rehab centers in pennsylvania. Filter your search for a treatment program or facility with specific categories. You may also find a resource using our addiction treatment search. For additional information on pennsylvania drug rehab please phone our toll free helpline.

Drug Facts

  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Invisible drugs include coffee, tea, soft drinks, tobacco, beer and wine.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • 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.
  • Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their first time.
  • In Arizona during the year 2006 a total of 23,656 people were admitted to addiction treatment programs.
  • Some common street names for Amphetamines include: speed, uppers, black mollies, blue mollies, Benz and wake ups.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Over 60% of all deaths from overdose are attributed to prescription drug abuse.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug.
  • In Russia, Krokodil is estimated to kill 30,000 people each year.

Free non-judgmental advice at

866-720-3784