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Drug Facts

  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Alprazolam contains powerful addictive properties.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • In 2010, around 13 million people have abused methamphetamines in their life and approximately 350,000 people were regular users. This number increased by over 80,000 the following year.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Underage Drinking: Alcohol use by anyone under the age of 21. In the United States, the legal drinking age is 21.
  • Cocaine comes in two forms. One is a powder and the other is a rock. The rock form of cocaine is referred to as crack cocaine.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • 1 in 5 adolescents have admitted to using tranquilizers for nonmedical purposes.
  • Individuals with severe drug problems and or underlying mental health issues typically need longer in-patient drug treatment often times a minimum of 3 months is recommended.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Children, innocent drivers, families, the environment, all are affected by drug addiction even if they have never taken a drink or tried a drug.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).
  • Two thirds of the people who abuse drugs or alcohol admit to being sexually molested when they were children.
  • Nearly 2/3 of those found in addiction recovery centers report sexual or physical abuse as children.
  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.

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