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Drug Facts

  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • 12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.1
  • More than9 in 10people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Synthetic drug stimulants, also known as cathinones, mimic the effects of ecstasy or MDMA. Bath salts and Molly are examples of synthetic cathinones.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP.
  • Barbiturates Caused the death of many celebrities such as Jimi Hendrix and Marilyn Monroe
  • 88% of people using anti-psychotics are also abusing other substances.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide and manufactures 74% of illicit opiates. However, Mexico is the leading supplier to the U.S
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • There were over 190,000 hospitalizations in the U.S. in 2008 due to inhalant poisoning.
  • After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misuing or abusing are prescription medications.3
  • Dilaudid, considered eight times more potent than morphine, is often called 'drug store heroin' on the streets.

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