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Drug Facts

  • Ecstasy can stay in one's system for 1-5 days.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • Over 23.5 million people need treatment for illegal drugs.
  • Teens who consistently learn about the risks of drugs from their parents are up to 50% less likely to use drugs than those who don't.
  • Smoking crack cocaine can lead to sudden death by means of a heart attack or stroke right then.
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • Even if you smoke just a few cigarettes a week, you can get addicted to nicotine in a few weeks or even days. The more cigarettes you smoke, the more likely you are to become addicted.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • Drug addiction is a serious problem that can be treated and managed throughout its course.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • In 1990, 600,000 children in the U.S. were on stimulant medication for A.D.H.D.
  • Peyote is approximately 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • 7.6% of teens use the prescription drug Aderall.
  • 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.
  • Opiates work well to relieve pain. But you can get addicted to them quickly, if you don't use them correctly.
  • 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.

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