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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.
  • Over 60% of teens report that drugs of some kind are kept, sold, and used at their school.
  • Methamphetamine can cause cardiac damage, elevates heart rate and blood pressure, and can cause a variety of cardiovascular problems, including rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, and increased blood pressure.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • 88% of people using anti-psychotics are also abusing other substances.
  • Cocaine hydrochloride is most commonly snorted. It can also be injected, rubbed into the gums, added to drinks or food.
  • 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.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
  • 64% of teens say they have used prescription pain killers that they got from a friend or family member.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Street gang members primarily turn cocaine into crack cocaine.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.

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