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Drug Facts

  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • Methamphetamine can be swallowed, snorted, smoked and injected by users.
  • Sniffing gasoline is a common form of abusing inhalants and can be lethal.
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Steroids damage hormones, causing guys to grow breasts and girls to grow beards and facial hair.
  • Cigarettes contain nicotine which is highly addictive.
  • The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.
  • Texas is one of the hardest states on drug offenses.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • Soon following its introduction, Cocaine became a common household drug.

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