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Drug Facts

  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • Studies show that 11 percent of male high schoolers have reported using Steroids at least once.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • There is inpatient treatment and outpatient.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Crack cocaine goes directly into the lungs because it is mostly smoked, delivering the high almost immediately.
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • A stimulant is a drug that provides users with added energy and contentment.
  • Another man on 'a mission from God' was stopped by police driving near an industrial park in Texas.
  • Ambien is a sedative-hypnotic known to cause hallucinations, suicidal thoughts and death.
  • Substance abuse and addiction also affects other areas, such as broken families, destroyed careers, death due to negligence or accident, domestic violence, physical abuse, and child abuse.
  • Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time

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