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Drug Facts

  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time
  • The United States consumes 80% of the world's pain medication while only having 6% of the world's population.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • The same year, an Ohio man broke into a stranger's home to decorate for Christmas.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • Penalties for possession, delivery and manufacturing of Ecstasy can include jail sentences of four years to life, and fines from $250,000 to $4 million, depending on the amount of the drug you have in your possession.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Ketamine is used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic. It is sometimes used illegally by people to get 'high'.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Nearly 23 Million people are in need of treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Those who complete prison-based treatment and continue with treatment in the community have the best outcomes.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • In Hamilton County, 7,300 people were served by street outreach, emergency shelter and transitional housing programs in 2007, according to the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care for the Homeless.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.

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