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Drug Facts

  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Crystal meth is a stimulant that can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • 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.
  • 1/3 of teenagers who live in states with medical marijuana laws get their pot from other people's prescriptions.
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.
  • Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication within the last month.
  • 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.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • In Arizona during the year 2006 a total of 23,656 people were admitted to addiction treatment programs.
  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice
  • Synthetic drugs, also referred to as designer or club drugs, are chemically-created in a lab to mimic another drug such as marijuana, cocaine or morphine.
  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.
  • One oxycodone pill can cost $80 on the street, compared to $3 to $5 for a bag of heroin. As addiction intensifies, many users end up turning to heroin.
  • One in five adolescents have admitted to abusing inhalants.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • 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.

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