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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Alcohol misuse cost the United States $249.0 billion.
  • Two-thirds of the ER visits related to Ambien were by females.
  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • Alcohol Abuse is the 3rd leading cause of preventable deaths in the U.S with over 88,000 cases of Alcohol related deaths.
  • Teens who start with alcohol are more likely to try cocaine than teens who do not drink.
  • 8.6% of 12th graders have used hallucinogens 4% report on using LSD specifically.
  • Approximately 3% of high school seniors say they have tried heroin at least once in the past year.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • Half of all Ambien related ER visits involved other drug interaction.
  • GHB is usually ingested in liquid form and is most similar to a high dosage of alcohol in its effect.
  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • There is inpatient treatment and outpatient.

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