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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • 1 in 5 college students admitted to have abused prescription stimulants like dexedrine.
  • 3 million people over the age of 12 have used methamphetamineand 529,000 of those are regular users.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • Despite 20 years of scientific evidence showing that drug treatment programs do work, the feds fail to offer enough of them to prisoners.
  • A binge is uncontrolled use of a drug or alcohol.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • LSD disrupts the normal functioning of the brain, making you see images, hear sounds and feel sensations that seem real but aren't.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Used illicitly, stimulants can lead to delirium and paranoia.
  • Marijuana is actually dangerous, impacting the mind by causing memory loss and reducing ability.
  • Methamphetamine production is a relatively simple process, especially when compared to many other recreational drugs.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.

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