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Drug Facts

  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Cocaine hydrochloride is most commonly snorted. It can also be injected, rubbed into the gums, added to drinks or food.
  • According to the latest drug information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually in health care treatments, lost productivity, and crime.
  • Stimulant drugs, such as Adderall, are the second most abused drug on college campuses, next to Marijuana.
  • Tens of millions of Americans use prescription medications non-medically every year.
  • 45%of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • Between 2002 and 2006, over a half million of teens aged 12 to 17 had used inhalants.
  • The number of habitual cocaine users has declined by 75% since 1986, but it's still a popular drug for many people.
  • Meth use in the United States varies geographically, with the highest rate of use in the West and the lowest in the Northeast.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • Methadone can stay in a person's system for 1- 14 days.
  • Crystal meth is a stimulant that can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.
  • Over 60% of all deaths from overdose are attributed to prescription drug abuse.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.

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