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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous and potent drugs, with the great potential of causing seizures and heart-related injuries such as stopping the heart, whether one is a short term or long term user.
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Ecstasy use has been 12 times more prevalent since it became known as club drug.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • 93% of the world's opium supply came from Afghanistan.
  • Colombia's drug trade is worth US$10 billion. That's one-quarter as much as the country's legal exports.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • 80% of methadone-related deaths were deemed accidental, even though most cases involved other drugs.
  • Depressants are widely used to relieve stress, induce sleep and relieve anxiety.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.

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