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Drug Facts

  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Stimulants are prescribed in the treatment of obesity.
  • Drug use can interfere with the healthy birth of a baby.
  • Excessive use of alcohol can lead to sexual impotence.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • Soon following its introduction, Cocaine became a common household drug.
  • A syringe of morphine was, in a very real sense, a magic wand,' states David Courtwright in Dark Paradise. '
  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Opiate-based abuse causes over 17,000 deaths annually.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Crack Cocaine is the riskiest form of a Cocaine substance.

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