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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for sedatives.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • In 2011, over 800,000 Americans reported having an addiction to cocaine.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Gases can be medical products or household items or commercial products.
  • Codeine is widely used in the U.S. by prescription and over the counter for use as a pain reliever and cough suppressant.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • 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.
  • Street gang members primarily turn cocaine into crack cocaine.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • GHB is usually ingested in liquid form and is most similar to a high dosage of alcohol in its effect.
  • 9.4 million people in 2011 reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • In Alabama during the year 2006 a total of 20,340 people were admitted to Drug rehab or Alcohol rehab programs.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • Approximately 28% of teens know at least one person who has used Ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one person who has tried it.

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