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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Alprazolam contains powerful addictive properties.
  • Synthetic drug stimulants, also known as cathinones, mimic the effects of ecstasy or MDMA. Bath salts and Molly are examples of synthetic cathinones.
  • 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.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • Over 60% of teens report that drugs of some kind are kept, sold, and used at their school.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Meth can quickly be made with battery acid, antifreeze and drain cleaner.
  • Benzodiazepines like Ativan are found in nearly 50% of all suicide attempts.
  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • 3 Million people in the United States have been prescribed Suboxone to treat opioid addiction.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Many people wrongly imprisoned under conspiracy laws are women who did nothing more than pick up a phone and take a message for their spouse, boyfriend, child or neighbor.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.

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