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Drug Facts

  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  • Smoking tobacco can cause a miscarriage or a premature birth.
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
  • 13% of 9th graders report they have tried prescription painkillers to get high.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • Drug addiction and abuse costs the American taxpayers an average of $484 billion each year.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • Roughly 20 percent of college students meet the criteria for an AUD.29
  • Rates of anti-depressant use have risen by over 400% within just three years.
  • Crystal meth comes in clear chunky crystals resembling ice and is most commonly smoked.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.
  • Texas is one of the hardest states on drug offenses.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.

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