Toll Free Assessment
866-720-3784
Drug Rehab Treatment Centers

Pennsylvania/category/substance-abuse-treatment-services/pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania/category/substance-abuse-treatment-services/pennsylvania

There are a total of drug treatment centers listed under the category in pennsylvania/category/substance-abuse-treatment-services/pennsylvania. If you have a facility that is part of the category you can contact us to share it on our website. Additional information about these listings in Pennsylvania/category/substance-abuse-treatment-services/pennsylvania is available by phoning our toll free rehab helpline at 866-720-3784.

Rehabilitation Categories

We have carefully sorted the drug rehab centers in pennsylvania/category/substance-abuse-treatment-services/pennsylvania. Filter your search for a treatment program or facility with specific categories. You may also find a resource using our addiction treatment search. For additional information on pennsylvania/category/substance-abuse-treatment-services/pennsylvania drug rehab please phone our toll free helpline.

Drug Facts

  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Approximately 28% of Utah adults 18-25 indicated binge drinking in the past months of 2006.
  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • 12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.1
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • Two thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers got them from family or friends, often without their knowledge, such as stealing them from the medicine cabinet.
  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.
  • Stimulants are prescribed in the treatment of obesity.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • Crack Cocaine is the riskiest form of a Cocaine substance.
  • Ketamine is used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic. It is sometimes used illegally by people to get 'high'.
  • 60% of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Teens who start with alcohol are more likely to try cocaine than teens who do not drink.

Free non-judgmental advice at

866-720-3784