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Drug Facts

  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • Crack cocaine earned the nickname crack because of the cracking sound it makes when it is heated.
  • 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.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • Over 23.5 million people need treatment for illegal drugs.
  • The number of Americans with an addiction to heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2011.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • Each year Alcohol use results in nearly 2,000 college student's deaths.
  • Valium is a drug that is used to manage anxiety disorders.
  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • Marijuana had the highest rates of dependence out of all illicit substances in 2011.
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • 26.7% of 10th graders reported using Marijuana.

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