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Drug Facts

  • In 1981, Alprazolam released to the United States drug market.
  • Coca is one of the oldest, most potent and most dangerous stimulants of natural origin.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Over 60% of all deaths from overdose are attributed to prescription drug abuse.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Nearly 6,700 people each day abused a psychotropic medication for the first time.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • Drugs are divided into several groups, depending on how they are used.
  • Ativan is faster acting and more addictive than other Benzodiazepines.
  • Crack causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Amphetamines + alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines: the body is placed under a high degree of stress as it attempts to deal with the conflicting effects of both types of drugs, which can lead to an overdose.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.

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