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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • 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.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP.
  • Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.
  • Flashbacks can occur in people who have abused hallucinogens even months after they stop taking them.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • A stimulant is a drug that provides users with added energy and contentment.
  • Coca is one of the oldest, most potent and most dangerous stimulants of natural origin.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Alcohol is a sedative.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • 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.
  • 300 tons of barbiturates are produced legally in the U.S. every year.
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • In 1993, inhalation (42%) was the most frequently used route of administration among primary Methamphetamine admissions.

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