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Drug Facts

  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.
  • Mushrooms (Psilocybin) (AKA: Simple Simon, shrooms, silly putty, sherms, musk, boomers): psilocybin is the hallucinogenic chemical found in approximately 190 species of edible mushrooms.
  • Amphetamines + alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines: the body is placed under a high degree of stress as it attempts to deal with the conflicting effects of both types of drugs, which can lead to an overdose.
  • Hydrocodone is used in combination with other chemicals and is available in prescription pain medications as tablets, capsules and syrups.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Steroids can stay in one's system for three weeks if taken orally and up to 3-6 months if injected.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Ecstasy use has been 12 times more prevalent since it became known as club drug.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • Women who have an abortion are more prone to turn to alcohol or drug abuse afterward.
  • Penalties for possession, delivery and manufacturing of Ecstasy can include jail sentences of four years to life, and fines from $250,000 to $4 million, depending on the amount of the drug you have in your possession.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • Almost 38 million people have admitted to have used cocaine in their lifetime.

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