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Drug Facts

  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Approximately 28% of teens know at least one person who has used Ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one person who has tried it.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • 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.
  • There are programs for alcohol addiction.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • 3 million people over the age of 12 have used methamphetamineand 529,000 of those are regular users.
  • Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication within the last month.
  • Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • In Utah, more than 95,000 adults and youths need substance-abuse treatment services, according to the Utah Division of Substance and Mental Health 2007 annual report.
  • 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 drugs, also referred to as designer or club drugs, are chemically-created in a lab to mimic another drug such as marijuana, cocaine or morphine.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.

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