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Drug Facts

  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • Over 750,000 people have used LSD within the past year.
  • In 1990, 600,000 children in the U.S. were on stimulant medication for A.D.H.D.
  • Crystal meth comes in clear chunky crystals resembling ice and is most commonly smoked.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Steroids are often abused by those who want to build muscle mass.
  • According to the latest drug information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually in health care treatments, lost productivity, and crime.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Approximately 1,800 people 12 and older tried cocaine for the first time in 2011.
  • Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • There are programs for alcohol addiction.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • Ketamine is used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic. It is sometimes used illegally by people to get 'high'.
  • Individuals with severe drug problems and or underlying mental health issues typically need longer in-patient drug treatment often times a minimum of 3 months is recommended.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.
  • Meth users often have bad teeth from poor oral hygiene, dry mouth as meth can crack and deteriorate teeth.

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