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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • In Alabama during the year 2006 a total of 20,340 people were admitted to Drug rehab or Alcohol rehab programs.
  • Opiate-based abuse causes over 17,000 deaths annually.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice
  • LSD (AKA: Acid, blotter, cubes, microdot, yellow sunshine, blue heaven, Cid): an odorless, colorless chemical that comes from ergot, a fungus that grows on grains.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Ketamine hydrochloride, or 'K,' is a powerful anesthetic designed for use during operations and medical procedures.
  • Rohypnol causes a person to black out or forget what happened to them.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • 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.
  • Over 60% of all deaths from overdose are attributed to prescription drug abuse.
  • Out of all the benzodiazepine emergency room visits 78% of individuals are using other substances.
  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.
  • In 2011, over 800,000 Americans reported having an addiction to cocaine.

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