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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • Barbiturates can stay in one's system for 2-3 days.
  • The duration of cocaine's effects depends on the route of administration.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • 90% of Americans with a substance abuse problem started smoking marijuana, drinking or using other drugs before age 18.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • Pure Cocaine is extracted from the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca bush.
  • Nicknames for Alprazolam include Alprax, Kalma, Nu-Alpraz, and Tranax.
  • Stress is the number one factor in drug and alcohol abuse.
  • There is inpatient treatment and outpatient.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.

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