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Drug Facts

  • Amphetamine withdrawal is characterized by severe depression and fatigue.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • 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.
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Stimulants are prescribed in the treatment of obesity.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Mixing Ambien with alcohol can cause respiratory distress, coma and death.
  • Colombia's drug trade is worth US$10 billion. That's one-quarter as much as the country's legal exports.
  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.
  • Tweaking makes achieving the original high difficult, causing frustration and unstable behavior in the user.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Stimulant drugs, such as Adderall, are the second most abused drug on college campuses, next to Marijuana.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Nitrous oxide is actually found in whipped cream dispensers as well as octane boosters for cars.

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