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Drug Facts

  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • Crystal Meth use can cause insomnia, anxiety, and violent or psychotic behavior.
  • Over 26 percent of all Ambien-related ER cases were admitted to a critical care unit or ICU.
  • Alprazolam is a generic form of the Benzodiazepine, Xanax.
  • Bath Salts cause brain swelling, delirium, seizures, liver failure and heart attacks.
  • 300 tons of barbiturates are produced legally in the U.S. every year.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more quickly and thus brings an intense and immediatebut very short-livedhigh that lasts about fifteen minutes.
  • Nearly 23 Million people are in need of treatment for chemical dependency.
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • Teens who consistently learn about the risks of drugs from their parents are up to 50% less likely to use drugs than those who don't.
  • 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.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Taking Ecstasy can cause liver failure.
  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.

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