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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • In 1906, Coca Cola removed Cocaine from the Coca leaves used to make its product.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Methamphetamine usually comes in the form of a crystalline white powder that is odorless, bitter-tasting and dissolves easily in water or alcohol.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • Heroin use more than doubled among young adults ages 1825 in the past decade
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • 33.1 percent of 15-year-olds report that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Crack cocaine gets its name from how it breaks into little rocks after being produced.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • Relapse is the return to drug use after an attempt to stop. Relapse indicates the need for more or different treatment.
  • Over 80% of individuals have confidence that prescription drug abuse will only continue to grow.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafejust like driving after drinking alcohol.
  • Barbiturates can stay in one's system for 2-3 days.

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