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Drug Facts

  • Opiate-based abuse causes over 17,000 deaths annually.
  • PCP (also known as angel dust) can cause drug addiction in the infant as well as tremors.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • 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.
  • 43% of high school seniors have used marijuana.
  • Flashbacks can occur in people who have abused hallucinogens even months after they stop taking them.
  • 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.
  • Victims of predatory drugs often do not realize taking the drug or remember the sexual assault taking place.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • MDMA is known on the streets as: Molly, ecstasy, XTC, X, E, Adam, Eve, clarity, hug, beans, love drug, lovers' speed, peace, uppers.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Ecstasy can cause kidney, liver and brain damage, including long-lasting lesions (injuries) on brain tissue.
  • 64% of teens say they have used prescription pain killers that they got from a friend or family member.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Excessive use of alcohol can lead to sexual impotence.
  • 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'.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.

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