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Drug Facts

  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Crack causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • Drug addiction and abuse costs the American taxpayers an average of $484 billion each year.
  • Adderall is a Schedule II controlled substance, meaning that it has a high potential for addiction.
  • Cocaine hydrochloride is most commonly snorted. It can also be injected, rubbed into the gums, added to drinks or food.
  • Mescaline (AKA: Cactus, cactus buttons, cactus joint, mesc, mescal, mese, mezc, moon, musk, topi): occurs naturally in certain types of cactus plants, including the peyote cactus.
  • Nitrates are also inhalants that come in the form of leather cleaners and room deodorizers.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • 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.
  • 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'.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • Between 2002 and 2006, over a half million of teens aged 12 to 17 had used inhalants.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.
  • 9.4 million people in 2011 reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • 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.
  • Ketamine can be swallowed, snorted or injected.

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