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Drug Facts

  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • Alprazolam is a generic form of the Benzodiazepine, Xanax.
  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Between 2002 and 2006, over a half million of teens aged 12 to 17 had used inhalants.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • 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.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker has been using a depressant such as alcohol; however, if the tweaker has been using a depressant, his or her negative feelings - including paranoia and frustration - can increase substantially.
  • Crack Cocaine is the riskiest form of a Cocaine substance.
  • Stimulant drugs, such as Adderall, are the second most abused drug on college campuses, next to Marijuana.
  • Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • 60% of High Schoolers, 32% of Middle Schoolers have seen drugs used, kept or sold on school grounds.
  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.

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