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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • In 1981, Alprazolam released to the United States drug market.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Nearly 6,700 people each day abused a psychotropic medication for the first time.
  • During this time, Anti-Depressant use among all ages increased by almost 400 percent.
  • A biochemical abnormality in the liver forms in 80 percent of Steroid users.
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.

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