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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Substance abuse and addiction also affects other areas, such as broken families, destroyed careers, death due to negligence or accident, domestic violence, physical abuse, and child abuse.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.
  • Over 13 million individuals abuse stimulants like Dexedrine.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • Alprazolam contains powerful addictive properties.
  • Drug addiction treatment programs are available for each specific type of drug from marijuana to heroin to cocaine to prescription medication.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • The United States produces on average 300 tons of barbiturates per year.
  • Even if you smoke just a few cigarettes a week, you can get addicted to nicotine in a few weeks or even days. The more cigarettes you smoke, the more likely you are to become addicted.
  • Cocaine has long been used for its ability to boost energy, relieve fatigue and lessen hunger.
  • Alcohol can stay in one's system from one to twelve hours.
  • In 2005, 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. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • Drug addiction is a serious problem that can be treated and managed throughout its course.
  • Over 6 million people have ever admitted to using PCP in their lifetimes.

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