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Drug Facts

  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Illegal drug use is declining while prescription drug abuse is rising thanks to online pharmacies and illegal selling.
  • Abused by an estimated one in five teens, prescription drugs are second only to alcohol and marijuana as the substances they use to get high.
  • At least half of the suspects arrested for murder and assault were under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
  • There have been over 1.2 million people admitting to using using methamphetamine within the past year.
  • Opiates work well to relieve pain. But you can get addicted to them quickly, if you don't use them correctly.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • Stimulants have both medical and non medical recreational uses and long term use can be hazardous to your health.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Steroids can stay in one's system for three weeks if taken orally and up to 3-6 months if injected.
  • Over 2.1 million people in the United States abused Anti-Depressants in 2011 alone.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.

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