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Drug Facts

  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Colombia's drug trade is worth US$10 billion. That's one-quarter as much as the country's legal exports.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • Oxycodone is sold under many trade names, such as Percodan, Endodan, Roxiprin, Percocet, Endocet, Roxicet and OxyContin.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • 22.7 million people (as of 2007) have reported using LSD in their lifetime.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • The United States consumes 80% of the world's pain medication while only having 6% of the world's population.
  • Nearly 23 Million people are in need of treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • In 2003 a total of 4,006 people were admitted to Alaska Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.

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