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Drug Facts

  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • 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.
  • 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.
  • More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.1
  • Methamphetamine has many nicknamesmeth, crank, chalk or speed being the most common.
  • The New Hampshire Department of Corrections reports 85 percent of inmates arrive at the state prison with a history of substance abuse.
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • 54% of high school seniors do not think regular steroid use is harmful, the lowest number since 1980, when the National Institute on Drug Abuse started asking about perception on steroids.
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous and potent drugs, with the great potential of causing seizures and heart-related injuries such as stopping the heart, whether one is a short term or long term user.
  • It is estimated 20.4 million people age 12 or older have tried methamphetamine at sometime in their lives.
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • 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.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive drug and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is also known as Big H, Black Tar, Chiva, Hell Dust, Horse, Negra, Smack,Thunder
  • 92% of those who begin using Ecstasy later turn to other drugs including marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine and heroin.
  • Other names of ecstasy include Eckies, E, XTC, pills, pingers, bikkies, flippers, and molly.
  • Smoking crack cocaine can lead to sudden death by means of a heart attack or stroke right then.
  • Nitrous oxide is a medical gas that is referred to as "laughing gas" among users.
  • Ironically, young teens in small towns are more likely to use crystal meth than teens raised in the city.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.

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