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Drug Facts

  • Meth has a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Ativan is faster acting and more addictive than other Benzodiazepines.
  • Opiate-based abuse causes over 17,000 deaths annually.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.
  • 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.
  • Synthetic drug stimulants, also known as cathinones, mimic the effects of ecstasy or MDMA. Bath salts and Molly are examples of synthetic cathinones.
  • Women are at a higher risk than men for liver damage, brain damage and heart damage due to alcohol intake.
  • In Hamilton County, 7,300 people were served by street outreach, emergency shelter and transitional housing programs in 2007, according to the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care for the Homeless.
  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • Most people try heroin for the first time in their late teens or early 20s. Anyone can become addictedall races, genders, and ethnicities.
  • By 8th grade 15% of kids have used marijuana.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Methamphetamine can be swallowed, snorted, smoked and injected by users.
  • Ativan abuse often results in dizziness, hallucinations, weakness, depression and poor motor coordination.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • 43% of high school seniors have used marijuana.
  • US National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • In the United States, deaths from pain medication abuse are outnumbering deaths from traffic accidents in young adults.

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