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Drug Facts

  • Marijuana had the highest rates of dependence out of all illicit substances in 2011.
  • Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
  • 31% of rock star deaths are related to drugs or alcohol.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • LSD (or its full name: lysergic acid diethylamide) is a potent hallucinogen that dramatically alters your thoughts and your perception of reality.
  • Even if you smoke just a few cigarettes a week, you can get addicted to nicotine in a few weeks or even days. The more cigarettes you smoke, the more likely you are to become addicted.
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • 88% of people using anti-psychotics are also abusing other substances.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • Soon following its introduction, Cocaine became a common household drug.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Drug addiction treatment programs are available for each specific type of drug from marijuana to heroin to cocaine to prescription medication.

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