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Drug Facts

  • More than 16.3 million adults are impacted by Alcoholism in the U.S. today.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Gangs, whether street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs or even prison gangs, distribute more drugs on the streets of the U.S. than any other person or persons do.
  • Women are at a higher risk than men for liver damage, brain damage and heart damage due to alcohol intake.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • The United States consumes 80% of the world's pain medication while only having 6% of the world's population.
  • Mixing Ativan with depressants, such as alcohol, can lead to seizures, coma and death.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • Substance abuse and addiction also affects other areas, such as broken families, destroyed careers, death due to negligence or accident, domestic violence, physical abuse, and child abuse.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Methamphetamine production is a relatively simple process, especially when compared to many other recreational drugs.
  • Oxycontin has risen by over 80% within three years.
  • Penalties for possession, delivery and manufacturing of Ecstasy can include jail sentences of four years to life, and fines from $250,000 to $4 million, depending on the amount of the drug you have in your possession.
  • Synthetic drug stimulants, also known as cathinones, mimic the effects of ecstasy or MDMA. Bath salts and Molly are examples of synthetic cathinones.
  • Crack cocaine is derived from powdered cocaine offering a euphoric high that is even more stimulating than powdered cocaine.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.

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