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Drug Facts

  • The number of Americans with an addiction to heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2011.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Over 26 percent of all Ambien-related ER cases were admitted to a critical care unit or ICU.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • An estimated 88,0009 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women9) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
  • Predatory drugs are drugs used to gain sexual advantage over the victim they include: Rohypnol (date rape drug), GHB and Ketamine.
  • Pure Cocaine is extracted from the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca bush.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • Crack cocaine goes directly into the lungs because it is mostly smoked, delivering the high almost immediately.
  • Hallucinogens do not always produce hallucinations.
  • Ironically, young teens in small towns are more likely to use crystal meth than teens raised in the city.
  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.

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