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Drug Facts

  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • There have been over 1.2 million people admitting to using using methamphetamine within the past year.
  • Steroids damage hormones, causing guys to grow breasts and girls to grow beards and facial hair.
  • Alcohol kills more young people than all other drugs combined.
  • Two thirds of the people who abuse drugs or alcohol admit to being sexually molested when they were children.
  • 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 intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • 3 million people over the age of 12 have used methamphetamineand 529,000 of those are regular users.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Many smokers say they have trouble cutting down on the amount of cigarettes they smoke. This is a sign of addiction.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Adderall on the streets is known as: Addies, Study Drugs, the Smart Drug.

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