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Drug Facts

  • In the 20th Century Barbiturates were Prescribed as sedatives, anesthetics, anxiolytics, and anti-convulsants
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Over 60% of all deaths from overdose are attributed to prescription drug abuse.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • By 8th grade 15% of kids have used marijuana.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Rohypnol has no odor or taste so it can be put into someone's drink without being detected, which has lead to it being called the "Date Rape Drug".
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • There are innocent people behind bars because of the drug conspiracy laws.
  • Stimulants can increase energy and enhance self esteem.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970's.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • 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.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription 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.
  • Crystal Meth is commonly known as glass or ice.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.

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