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Drug Facts

  • Nearly 300,000 Americans received treatment for hallucinogens in 2011.
  • 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.
  • Ecstasy can stay in one's system for 1-5 days.
  • GHB is usually ingested in liquid form and is most similar to a high dosage of alcohol in its effect.
  • Each year, over 5,000 people under the age of 21 die from Alcohol-related incidents in the U.S alone.
  • War veterans often turn to drugs and alcohol to forget what they went through during combat.
  • Meth has a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
  • At this time, medical professionals recommended amphetamine as a cure for a range of ailmentsalcohol hangover, narcolepsy, depression, weight reduction, hyperactivity in children, and vomiting associated with pregnancy.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • In 2010, 42,274 emergency rooms visits were due to Ambien.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • In 2011, over 65 million doses of Krokodil were seized within just three months.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • Today, a total of 12 Barbiturates are under international control.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.

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