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Drug Facts

  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.
  • People who use marijuana believe it to be harmless and want it legalized.
  • More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.
  • Believe it or not, marijuana is NOT a medicine.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion annually.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • In 1904, Barbiturates were introduced for further medicinal purposes
  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • Alprazolam is held accountable for about 125,000 emergency-room visits each year.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • Opiates work well to relieve pain. But you can get addicted to them quickly, if you don't use them correctly.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • Peyote is approximately 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • Ketamine is actually a tranquilizer most commonly used in veterinary practice on animals.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.

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