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Drug Facts

  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • 10 million people aged 12 or older reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • Over 60% of all deaths from overdose are attributed to prescription drug abuse.
  • LSD (AKA: Acid, blotter, cubes, microdot, yellow sunshine, blue heaven, Cid): an odorless, colorless chemical that comes from ergot, a fungus that grows on grains.
  • 75% of most designer drugs are consumed by adolescents and younger adults.
  • Crystal meth is a stimulant that can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.
  • Adderall was brought to the prescription drug market as a new way to treat A.D.H.D in 1996, slowly replacing Ritalin.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • 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.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Ecstasy is one of the most popular drugs among youth today.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 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.
  • Alcohol kills more young people than all other drugs combined.

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