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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • Stimulants are prescribed in the treatment of obesity.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • There were over 1.8 million Americans 12 or older who used a hallucinogen or inhalant for the first time. (1.1 million among hallucinogens)
  • Most people try heroin for the first time in their late teens or early 20s. Anyone can become addictedall races, genders, and ethnicities.
  • Ecstasy can cause kidney, liver and brain damage, including long-lasting lesions (injuries) on brain tissue.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • Deaths from Alcohol poisoning are most common among the ages 35-64.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970's.
  • There are approximately 5,000 LSD-related emergency room visits per year.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • It is estimated 20.4 million people age 12 or older have tried methamphetamine at sometime in their lives.
  • Street amphetamine: bennies, black beauties, copilots, eye-openers, lid poppers, pep pills, speed, uppers, wake-ups, and white crosses28

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