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Drug Facts

  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Adderall was brought to the prescription drug market as a new way to treat A.D.H.D in 1996, slowly replacing Ritalin.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Street amphetamine: bennies, black beauties, copilots, eye-openers, lid poppers, pep pills, speed, uppers, wake-ups, and white crosses28
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant made from the coca plant.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • 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.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.
  • Meth use in the United States varies geographically, with the highest rate of use in the West and the lowest in the Northeast.
  • The word cocaine refers to the drug in a powder form or crystal form.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.
  • Over 23.5 million people are in need of treatment for illegal drugs like Flakka.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Adderall is a Schedule II controlled substance, meaning that it has a high potential for addiction.

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