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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • 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).
  • Ironically, young teens in small towns are more likely to use crystal meth than teens raised in the city.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • 9.4 million people in 2011 reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • Between 2000 and 2006 the average number of alcohol related motor vehicle crashes in Utah resulting in death was approximately 59, resulting in an average of nearly 67 fatalities per year.
  • Over 3 million prescriptions for Suboxone were written in a single year.
  • 1.1 million people each year use hallucinogens for the first time.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • 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.
  • Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Marijuana can stay in a person's system for 3-5 days, however, if you are a heavy user, it can be detected up to 30 days.
  • Drugs are divided into several groups, depending on how they are used.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • Synthetic drug stimulants, also known as cathinones, mimic the effects of ecstasy or MDMA. Bath salts and Molly are examples of synthetic cathinones.
  • Barbiturate Overdose is known to result in Pneumonia, severe muscle damage, coma and death.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.

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