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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • Ambien, the commonly prescribed sleep aid, is also known as Zolpidem.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant that has been utilized and abused for ages.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Oxycodone is sold under many trade names, such as Percodan, Endodan, Roxiprin, Percocet, Endocet, Roxicet and OxyContin.
  • Prescription medications are legal drugs.
  • MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) is a synthetic, mind-altering drug that acts both as a stimulant and a hallucinogenic.
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • Crack Cocaine is the riskiest form of a Cocaine substance.
  • Over 550,000 high school students abuse anabolic steroids every year.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • Methamphetamine has many nicknamesmeth, crank, chalk or speed being the most common.
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • Methamphetamine can be detected for 2-4 days in a person's system.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.

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