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Drug Facts

  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • 5,477 individuals were found guilty of crack cocaine-related crimes. More than 95% of these offenders had been involved in crack cocaine trafficking.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • 7.6% of teens use the prescription drug Aderall.
  • There is holistic rehab, or natural, as opposed to traditional programs which may use drugs to treat addiction.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • Use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafejust like driving after drinking alcohol.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Babies can be born addicted to drugs.
  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.
  • In 2014, over 913,000 people were reported to be addicted to cocaine.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.

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