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Drug Facts

  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Test subjects who were given cocaine and Ritalin could not tell the difference.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.
  • Crack cocaine is one of the most powerful illegal drugs when it comes to producing psychological dependence.
  • Alcohol can stay in one's system from one to twelve hours.
  • LSD can stay in one's system from a few hours to five days.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Barbiturates can stay in one's system for 2-3 days.
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • Oxycodone is sold under many trade names, such as Percodan, Endodan, Roxiprin, Percocet, Endocet, Roxicet and OxyContin.
  • 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 usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.

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