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Drug Facts

  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant made from the coca plant.
  • Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more quickly and thus brings an intense and immediatebut very short-livedhigh that lasts about fifteen minutes.
  • Over 10 million people have used methamphetamine at least once in their lifetime.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Opiate-based abuse causes over 17,000 deaths annually.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • One in five adolescents have admitted to abusing inhalants.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • Ecstasy can cause kidney, liver and brain damage, including long-lasting lesions (injuries) on brain tissue.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • Over 3 million prescriptions for Suboxone were written in a single year.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • 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.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.

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