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Drug Facts

  • Ecstasy can stay in one's system for 1-5 days.
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Drug addicts are not the only ones affected by drug addiction.
  • There have been over 1.2 million people admitting to using using methamphetamine within the past year.
  • Every day, we have over 8,100 NEW drug users in America. That's 3.1 million new users every year.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.

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