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Drug Facts

  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • Crystal meth comes in clear chunky crystals resembling ice and is most commonly smoked.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Over 550,000 high school students abuse anabolic steroids every year.
  • Pure Cocaine is extracted from the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca bush.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Amphetamines + some antidepressants: elevated blood pressure, which can lead to irregular heartbeat, heart failure and stroke.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.

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