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Drug Facts

  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • Opiates work well to relieve pain. But you can get addicted to them quickly, if you don't use them correctly.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • In the United States, deaths from pain medication abuse are outnumbering deaths from traffic accidents in young adults.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • 60% of High Schoolers, 32% of Middle Schoolers have seen drugs used, kept or sold on school grounds.
  • Cocaine has long been used for its ability to boost energy, relieve fatigue and lessen hunger.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • Methamphetamine has many nicknamesmeth, crank, chalk or speed being the most common.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • Alprazolam contains powerful addictive properties.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Rohypnol (The Date Rape Drug) is more commonly known as "roofies".
  • Over 1 million people have tried hallucinogens for the fist time this year.
  • Increased or prolonged use of methamphetamine can cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure, paranoia, psychosis, aggression, disordered thinking, extreme mood swings and sometimes hallucinations.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • One oxycodone pill can cost $80 on the street, compared to $3 to $5 for a bag of heroin. As addiction intensifies, many users end up turning to heroin.
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.

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