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Drug Facts

  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.
  • Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs.
  • Nicknames for Alprazolam include Alprax, Kalma, Nu-Alpraz, and Tranax.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • The sale of painkillers has increased by over 300% since 1999.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • A biochemical abnormality in the liver forms in 80 percent of Steroid users.
  • Ativan is one of the strongest Benzodiazepines on the market.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • Alcohol is a depressant derived from the fermentation of natural sugars in fruits, vegetables and grains.
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • Crack cocaine is the crystal form of cocaine, which normally comes in a powder form.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • 1 in 5 college students admitted to have abused prescription stimulants like dexedrine.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.

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