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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Cocaine can be snorted, injected, sniffed or smoked.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • Crack cocaine is derived from powdered cocaine offering a euphoric high that is even more stimulating than powdered cocaine.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • A syringe of morphine was, in a very real sense, a magic wand,' states David Courtwright in Dark Paradise. '
  • Short term rehab effectively helps more women than men, even though they may have suffered more traumatic situations than men did.
  • Teens who have open communication with their parents are half as likely to try drugs, yet only a quarter of adolescents state that they have had conversations with their parents regarding drugs.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Ativan abuse often results in dizziness, hallucinations, weakness, depression and poor motor coordination.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Steroids are often abused by those who want to build muscle mass.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • 9.4 million people in 2011 reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • There were over 20,000 ecstasy-related emergency room visits in 2011

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