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Drug Facts

  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • Ritalin and related 'hyperactivity' type drugs can be found almost anywhere.
  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.
  • From 1961-1980 the Anti-Depressant boom hit the market in the United States.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • The United States spends over 560 Billion Dollars for pain relief.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.
  • Alcohol Abuse is the 3rd leading cause of preventable deaths in the U.S with over 88,000 cases of Alcohol related deaths.
  • More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.1
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • In Alabama during the year 2006 a total of 20,340 people were admitted to Drug rehab or Alcohol rehab programs.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • Women suffer more memory loss and brain damage than men do who drink the same amount of alcohol for the same period of time.

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