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Drug Facts

  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.
  • Women suffer more memory loss and brain damage than men do who drink the same amount of alcohol for the same period of time.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • Nearly 6,700 people each day abused a psychotropic medication for the first time.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Nitrates are also inhalants that come in the form of leather cleaners and room deodorizers.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • 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.
  • Adderall is popular on college campuses, with black markets popping up to supply the demand of students.
  • 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.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • 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.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.
  • 37% of individuals claim that the United States is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.

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