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Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Over 53 Million Oxycodone prescriptions are filled each year.
  • Over 80% of individuals have confidence that prescription drug abuse will only continue to grow.
  • 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.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970's.
  • 88% of people using anti-psychotics are also abusing other substances.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • In 2003 a total of 4,006 people were admitted to Alaska Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • There are many types of drug and alcohol rehab available throughout the world.
  • One oxycodone pill can cost $80 on the street, compared to $3 to $5 for a bag of heroin. As addiction intensifies, many users end up turning to heroin.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • 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.
  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their first time.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug.
  • In 1993, inhalation (42%) was the most frequently used route of administration among primary Methamphetamine admissions.

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