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Drug Facts

  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Teens who consistently learn about the risks of drugs from their parents are up to 50% less likely to use drugs than those who don't.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.
  • Every day in America, approximately 10 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are diagnosed with HIV/AIDSand many of them are infected through risky behaviors associated with drug use.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • 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.
  • Over 13 million individuals abuse stimulants like Dexedrine.
  • The sale of painkillers has increased by over 300% since 1999.
  • Over 53 Million Opiate-based prescriptions are filled each year.
  • 11.6% of those arrested used crack in the previous week.
  • Hydrocodone is used in combination with other chemicals and is available in prescription pain medications as tablets, capsules and syrups.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • A binge is uncontrolled use of a drug or alcohol.
  • Nitrous oxide is a medical gas that is referred to as "laughing gas" among users.

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