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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Predatory drugs metabolize quickly so that they are not in the system when the victim is medically examined.
  • Alcohol is the most likely substance for someone to become addicted to in America.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • Crack causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that more than 9.5% of youths aged 12 to 17 in the US were current illegal drug users.
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.
  • Valium is a drug that is used to manage anxiety disorders.
  • Bath Salts attributed to approximately 22,000 ER visits in 2011.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • It is estimated 20.4 million people age 12 or older have tried methamphetamine at sometime in their lives.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.

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