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Drug Facts

  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • GHB is usually ingested in liquid form and is most similar to a high dosage of alcohol in its effect.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • In the 20th Century Barbiturates were Prescribed as sedatives, anesthetics, anxiolytics, and anti-convulsants
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • Marijuana can stay in a person's system for 3-5 days, however, if you are a heavy user, it can be detected up to 30 days.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
  • Ironically, young teens in small towns are more likely to use crystal meth than teens raised in the city.
  • Drug addiction treatment programs are available for each specific type of drug from marijuana to heroin to cocaine to prescription medication.
  • Cocaine stays in one's system for 1-5 days.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • Victims of predatory drugs often do not realize taking the drug or remember the sexual assault taking place.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.

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