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Drug Facts

  • Because it is smoked, the effects of crack cocaine are more immediate and more intense than that of powdered cocaine.
  • 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.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • 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).
  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.
  • In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • Every day, we have over 8,100 NEW drug users in America. That's 3.1 million new users every year.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • 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.
  • Two-thirds of the ER visits related to Ambien were by females.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP.
  • Dilaudid, considered eight times more potent than morphine, is often called 'drug store heroin' on the streets.

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