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Drug Facts

  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Increased or prolonged use of methamphetamine can cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure, paranoia, psychosis, aggression, disordered thinking, extreme mood swings and sometimes hallucinations.
  • 64% of teens say they have used prescription pain killers that they got from a friend or family member.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • Over 2.3 million people admitted to have abused Ketamine.
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • Excessive use of alcohol can lead to sexual impotence.
  • 60% of High Schoolers, 32% of Middle Schoolers have seen drugs used, kept or sold on school grounds.
  • Mescaline (AKA: Cactus, cactus buttons, cactus joint, mesc, mescal, mese, mezc, moon, musk, topi): occurs naturally in certain types of cactus plants, including the peyote cactus.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Test subjects who were given cocaine and Ritalin could not tell the difference.
  • 37% of individuals claim that the United States is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Predatory drugs metabolize quickly so that they are not in the system when the victim is medically examined.
  • Snorting drugs can create loss of sense of smell, nosebleeds, frequent runny nose, and problems with swallowing.
  • Every day, we have over 8,100 NEW drug users in America. That's 3.1 million new users every year.

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