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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • LSD (AKA: Acid, blotter, cubes, microdot, yellow sunshine, blue heaven, Cid): an odorless, colorless chemical that comes from ergot, a fungus that grows on grains.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • Crack cocaine is derived from powdered cocaine offering a euphoric high that is even more stimulating than powdered cocaine.
  • Women suffer more memory loss and brain damage than men do who drink the same amount of alcohol for the same period of time.
  • Nitrates are also inhalants that come in the form of leather cleaners and room deodorizers.
  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Today, teens are 10 times more likely to use Steroids than in 1991.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Meth has a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • Disability-Adjusted Life-Years (DALYs): A measure of years of life lost or lived in less than full health.
  • Test subjects who were given cocaine and Ritalin could not tell the difference.
  • About 72% of all cases reported to poison centers for substance use were calls from people's homes.

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