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Drug Facts

  • Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Between 2006 and 2010, 9 out of 10 antidepressant patents expired, resulting in a huge loss of pharmaceutical companies.
  • Over 750,000 people have used LSD within the past year.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • 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.
  • LSD (or its full name: lysergic acid diethylamide) is a potent hallucinogen that dramatically alters your thoughts and your perception of reality.
  • 1/3 of teenagers who live in states with medical marijuana laws get their pot from other people's prescriptions.
  • Teens who start with alcohol are more likely to try cocaine than teens who do not drink.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.

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