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Drug Facts

  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • 26.7% of 10th graders reported using Marijuana.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia
  • At least half of the suspects arrested for murder and assault were under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
  • 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • In Hamilton County, 7,300 people were served by street outreach, emergency shelter and transitional housing programs in 2007, according to the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care for the Homeless.
  • According to the latest drug information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually in health care treatments, lost productivity, and crime.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • 300 tons of barbiturates are produced legally in the U.S. every year.
  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.

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