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Drug Facts

  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • Medial drugs include prescription medication, cold and allergy meds, pain relievers and antibiotics.
  • Opiate-based abuse causes over 17,000 deaths annually.
  • These days, taking pills is acceptable: there is the feeling that there is a "pill for everything".
  • In the United States, deaths from pain medication abuse are outnumbering deaths from traffic accidents in young adults.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Alcohol can impair hormone-releasing glands causing them to alter, which can lead to dangerous medical conditions.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • In 2003 a total of 4,006 people were admitted to Alaska Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs.
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous drugs known to man.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • By the 8th grade, 28% of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 15% have smoked cigarettes, and 16.5% have used marijuana.
  • Other names of Cocaine include C, coke, nose candy, snow, white lady, toot, Charlie, blow, white dust or stardust.
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • Amphetamines + some antidepressants: elevated blood pressure, which can lead to irregular heartbeat, heart failure and stroke.
  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.

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