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Drug Facts

  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • 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).
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • Ativan abuse often results in dizziness, hallucinations, weakness, depression and poor motor coordination.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • In 2013, over 50 million prescriptions were written for Alprazolam.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • 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.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • The act in 1914 prohibited the import of coca leaves and Cocaine, except for pharmaceutical purposes.
  • 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.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • Crack Cocaine is the riskiest form of a Cocaine substance.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2

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