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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine can be swallowed, snorted, smoked and injected by users.
  • Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).
  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • Steroids can cause disfiguring ailments such as baldness in girls and severe acne in all who use them.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.
  • Nicknames for Alprazolam include Alprax, Kalma, Nu-Alpraz, and Tranax.
  • 33.1 percent of 15-year-olds report that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • Drug addiction and abuse costs the American taxpayers an average of $484 billion each year.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Cigarettes can kill you and they are the leading preventable cause of death.
  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.

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