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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • After hitting the market, Ativan was used to treat insomnia, vertigo, seizures, and alcohol withdrawal.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Over 200,000 people have abused Ketamine within the past year.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • Rock, Kryptonite, Base, Sugar Block, Hard Rock, Apple Jacks, and Topo (Spanish) are popular terms used for Crack Cocaine.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Tweaking makes achieving the original high difficult, causing frustration and unstable behavior in the user.
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • Ecstasy use has been 12 times more prevalent since it became known as club drug.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Over 53 Million Oxycodone prescriptions are filled each year.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Around 16 million people at this time are abusing prescription medications.
  • Women suffer more memory loss and brain damage than men do who drink the same amount of alcohol for the same period of time.

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