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Drug Facts

  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • At this time, medical professionals recommended amphetamine as a cure for a range of ailmentsalcohol hangover, narcolepsy, depression, weight reduction, hyperactivity in children, and vomiting associated with pregnancy.
  • Nitrous oxide is a medical gas that is referred to as "laughing gas" among users.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Over 60% of teens report that drugs of some kind are kept, sold, and used at their school.
  • 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • Crack cocaine earned the nickname crack because of the cracking sound it makes when it is heated.
  • 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.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • Its rock form is far more addictive and potent than its powder form.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • About 696,000 cases of student assault, are committed by student's who have been drinking.
  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • More than 16.3 million adults are impacted by Alcoholism in the U.S. today.
  • Tens of millions of Americans use prescription medications non-medically every year.

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