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Drug Facts

  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • 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.
  • Stimulants can increase energy and enhance self esteem.
  • The United States consumes 80% of the world's pain medication while only having 6% of the world's population.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Over 30 Million people have admitted to abusing a cannabis-based product within the last year.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Ketamine is actually a tranquilizer most commonly used in veterinary practice on animals.

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