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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • 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.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • A syringe of morphine was, in a very real sense, a magic wand,' states David Courtwright in Dark Paradise. '
  • Rates of anti-depressant use have risen by over 400% within just three years.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Over 6 million people have ever admitted to using PCP in their lifetimes.
  • The number of habitual cocaine users has declined by 75% since 1986, but it's still a popular drug for many people.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Some common street names for Amphetamines include: speed, uppers, black mollies, blue mollies, Benz and wake ups.
  • Ketamine has risen by over 300% in the last ten years.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Crack comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow to pale rose or white.
  • The act in 1914 prohibited the import of coca leaves and Cocaine, except for pharmaceutical purposes.

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