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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Tweaking makes achieving the original high difficult, causing frustration and unstable behavior in the user.
  • A syringe of morphine was, in a very real sense, a magic wand,' states David Courtwright in Dark Paradise. '
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • Interventions can facilitate the development of healthy interpersonal relationships and improve the participant's ability to interact with family, peers, and others in the community.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Oxycodone stays in the system 1-10 days.
  • 1.3% of high school seniors have tired bath salts.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • Bath Salts attributed to approximately 22,000 ER visits in 2011.
  • Stimulant drugs, such as Adderall, are the second most abused drug on college campuses, next to Marijuana.
  • Using Crack Cocaine, even once, can result in life altering addiction.

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