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Drug Facts

  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • 60% of High Schoolers, 32% of Middle Schoolers have seen drugs used, kept or sold on school grounds.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • The coca leaf is mainly located in South America and its consumption has dated back to 3000 BC.
  • Methamphetamine production is a relatively simple process, especially when compared to many other recreational drugs.
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  • Drinking behavior in women differentiates according to their age; many resemble the pattern of their husbands, single friends or married friends, whichever is closest to their own lifestyle and age.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • Its rock form is far more addictive and potent than its powder form.
  • Smoking crack cocaine can lead to sudden death by means of a heart attack or stroke right then.
  • Other names of Cocaine include C, coke, nose candy, snow, white lady, toot, Charlie, blow, white dust or stardust.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Meth causes severe paranoia episodes such as hallucinations and delusions.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • Studies in 2013 show that over 1.7 million Americans reported using tranquilizers like Ativan for non-medical reasons.

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