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Drug Facts

  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • 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
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • The coca leaf is mainly located in South America and its consumption has dated back to 3000 BC.
  • Getting blackout drunk doesn't actually make you forget: the brain temporarily loses the ability to make memories.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • Nearly 2/3 of those found in addiction recovery centers report sexual or physical abuse as children.
  • Colombia's drug trade is worth US$10 billion. That's one-quarter as much as the country's legal exports.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • Methamphetamine can cause cardiac damage, elevates heart rate and blood pressure, and can cause a variety of cardiovascular problems, including rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, and increased blood pressure.
  • Hydrocodone is used in combination with other chemicals and is available in prescription pain medications as tablets, capsules and syrups.
  • Mescaline (AKA: Cactus, cactus buttons, cactus joint, mesc, mescal, mese, mezc, moon, musk, topi): occurs naturally in certain types of cactus plants, including the peyote cactus.

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