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Drug Facts

  • Cigarettes contain nicotine which is highly addictive.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • LSD can stay in one's system from a few hours to five days.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for tranquilizers.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • When injected, Ativan can cause damage to cardiovascular and vascular systems.
  • Cocaine only has an effect on a person for about an hour, which will lead a person to have to use cocaine many times through out the day.
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • Bath Salts attributed to approximately 22,000 ER visits in 2011.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.

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