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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Substance abuse and addiction also affects other areas, such as broken families, destroyed careers, death due to negligence or accident, domestic violence, physical abuse, and child abuse.
  • Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more quickly and thus brings an intense and immediatebut very short-livedhigh that lasts about fifteen minutes.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Excessive use of alcohol can lead to sexual impotence.
  • Over 26 percent of all Ambien-related ER cases were admitted to a critical care unit or ICU.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • In 2009, a Wisconsin man sleepwalked outside and froze to death after taking Ambien.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • Coca is one of the oldest, most potent and most dangerous stimulants of natural origin.
  • Overdose deaths linked to Benzodiazepines, like Ativan, have seen a 4.3-fold increase from 2002 to 2015.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • Colombia's drug trade is worth US$10 billion. That's one-quarter as much as the country's legal exports.
  • 50% of teens believe that taking prescription drugs is much safer than using illegal street drugs.
  • 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.
  • Oxycodone is sold under many trade names, such as Percodan, Endodan, Roxiprin, Percocet, Endocet, Roxicet and OxyContin.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.

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