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Drug Facts

  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • 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.
  • Prescription medications are legal drugs.
  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • Synthetic drugs, also referred to as designer or club drugs, are chemically-created in a lab to mimic another drug such as marijuana, cocaine or morphine.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • Amphetamines + some antidepressants: elevated blood pressure, which can lead to irregular heartbeat, heart failure and stroke.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • Heroin is a drug that is processed from morphine.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.
  • Ketamine is actually a tranquilizer most commonly used in veterinary practice on animals.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • 28% of teens know at least 1 person who has tried ecstasy.

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