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Drug Facts

  • Adderall use (often prescribed to treat ADHD) has increased among high school seniors from 5.4% in 2009 to 7.5% this year.
  • Adderall was brought to the prescription drug market as a new way to treat A.D.H.D in 1996, slowly replacing Ritalin.
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • Adderall is a Schedule II controlled substance, meaning that it has a high potential for addiction.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • Women in bars can suffer from sexually aggressive acts if they are drinking heavily.
  • MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) is a synthetic, mind-altering drug that acts both as a stimulant and a hallucinogenic.
  • Alcohol can impair hormone-releasing glands causing them to alter, which can lead to dangerous medical conditions.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • In 1990, 600,000 children in the U.S. were on stimulant medication for A.D.H.D.
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • Increased or prolonged use of methamphetamine can cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure, paranoia, psychosis, aggression, disordered thinking, extreme mood swings and sometimes hallucinations.
  • Crystal meth comes in clear chunky crystals resembling ice and is most commonly smoked.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Women are at a higher risk than men for liver damage, brain damage and heart damage due to alcohol intake.

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