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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Street gang members primarily turn cocaine into crack cocaine.
  • Benzodiazepines like Ativan are found in nearly 50% of all suicide attempts.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • Drug addiction treatment programs are available for each specific type of drug from marijuana to heroin to cocaine to prescription medication.
  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.
  • Nitrous oxide is a medical gas that is referred to as "laughing gas" among users.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • 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.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • When injected, Ativan can cause damage to cardiovascular and vascular systems.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • In 1981, Alprazolam released to the United States drug market.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • Over 13 million Americans have admitted to abusing CNS stimulants.
  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.

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