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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • 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.
  • At least half of the suspects arrested for murder and assault were under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
  • Rohypnol causes a person to black out or forget what happened to them.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • PCP (known as Angel Dust) stays in the system 1-8 days.
  • When injected, Ativan can cause damage to cardiovascular and vascular systems.
  • Barbiturates Caused the death of many celebrities such as Jimi Hendrix and Marilyn Monroe
  • Oxycodone is sold under many trade names, such as Percodan, Endodan, Roxiprin, Percocet, Endocet, Roxicet and OxyContin.
  • Young adults from 18-25 are 50% more than any other age group.
  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Mushrooms (Psilocybin) (AKA: Simple Simon, shrooms, silly putty, sherms, musk, boomers): psilocybin is the hallucinogenic chemical found in approximately 190 species of edible mushrooms.
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • In 2011, a Pennsylvania couple stabbed the walls in their apartment to attack the '90 people living in their walls.'

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