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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs.
  • 50% of teens believe that taking prescription drugs is much safer than using illegal street drugs.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • In 2009, a Wisconsin man sleepwalked outside and froze to death after taking Ambien.
  • Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication within the last month.
  • Crack cocaine goes directly into the lungs because it is mostly smoked, delivering the high almost immediately.
  • Oxycontin has risen by over 80% within three years.
  • 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.
  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Crack cocaine is the crystal form of cocaine, which normally comes in a powder form.
  • Ambien dissolves readily in water, becoming a popular date rape drug.
  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Cocaine hydrochloride is most commonly snorted. It can also be injected, rubbed into the gums, added to drinks or food.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • 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.

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