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Drug Facts

  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker has been using a depressant such as alcohol; however, if the tweaker has been using a depressant, his or her negative feelings - including paranoia and frustration - can increase substantially.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Babies can be born addicted to drugs.
  • Drinking behavior in women differentiates according to their age; many resemble the pattern of their husbands, single friends or married friends, whichever is closest to their own lifestyle and age.
  • Relapse is the return to drug use after an attempt to stop. Relapse indicates the need for more or different treatment.
  • The United States produces on average 300 tons of barbiturates per year.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • Drugs are divided into several groups, depending on how they are used.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • Ambien dissolves readily in water, becoming a popular date rape drug.
  • Adderall is linked to cases of sudden death due to heart complications.
  • Taking Steroids raises the risk of aggression and irritability to over 56 percent.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Cocaine comes in two forms. One is a powder and the other is a rock. The rock form of cocaine is referred to as crack cocaine.
  • In treatment, the drug abuser is taught to break old patterns of behavior, action and thinking. All While learning new skills for avoiding drug use and criminal behavior.

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