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Drug Facts

  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • Over 6 million people have ever admitted to using PCP in their lifetimes.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • According to the latest drug information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually in health care treatments, lost productivity, and crime.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • In 1993, inhalation (42%) was the most frequently used route of administration among primary Methamphetamine admissions.
  • Mixing Ambien with alcohol can cause respiratory distress, coma and death.
  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their first time.
  • Because it is smoked, the effects of crack cocaine are more immediate and more intense than that of powdered cocaine.
  • Methadone accounts for nearly one third of opiate-associated deaths.
  • About one in ten Americans over the age of 12 take an Anti-Depressant.
  • Local pharmacies often bought - throat lozenges containing Cocaine in bulk and packaged them for sale under their own labels.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Stimulants have both medical and non medical recreational uses and long term use can be hazardous to your health.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.

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