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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • The sale of painkillers has increased by over 300% since 1999.
  • Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more quickly and thus brings an intense and immediatebut very short-livedhigh that lasts about fifteen minutes.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • Ecstasy is one of the most popular drugs among youth today.
  • Almost 38 million people have admitted to have used cocaine in their lifetime.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Street names for fentanyl or for fentanyl-laced heroin include Apache, China Girl, China White, Dance Fever, Friend, Goodfella, Jackpot, Murder 8, TNT, and Tango and Cash.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • 26.7% of 10th graders reported using Marijuana.
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • Cigarettes contain nicotine which is highly addictive.
  • Dilaudid, considered eight times more potent than morphine, is often called 'drug store heroin' on the streets.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • 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.
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.

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