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Drug Facts

  • Meth has a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
  • Colombia's drug trade is worth US$10 billion. That's one-quarter as much as the country's legal exports.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • 7.6% of teens use the prescription drug Aderall.
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Nicknames for Alprazolam include Alprax, Kalma, Nu-Alpraz, and Tranax.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Two thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers got them from family or friends, often without their knowledge, such as stealing them from the medicine cabinet.
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.
  • The sale of painkillers has increased by over 300% since 1999.
  • There are confidential rehab facilities which treat celebrities and executives so they you can get clean without the paparazzi or business associates finding out.
  • 9% of teens in a recent study reported using prescription pain relievers not prescribed for them in the past year, and 5% (1 in 20) reported doing so in the past month.3
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • Women who had an alcoholic parent are more likely to become an alcoholic than men who have an alcoholic parent.
  • Adderall is popular on college campuses, with black markets popping up to supply the demand of students.

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