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Drug Facts

  • By 8th grade 15% of kids have used marijuana.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Increased or prolonged use of methamphetamine can cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure, paranoia, psychosis, aggression, disordered thinking, extreme mood swings and sometimes hallucinations.
  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice
  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • In treatment, the drug abuser is taught to break old patterns of behavior, action and thinking. All While learning new skills for avoiding drug use and criminal behavior.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • 9% of teens in a recent study reported using prescription pain relievers not prescribed for them in the past year, and 5% (1 in 20) reported doing so in the past month.3
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • The New Hampshire Department of Corrections reports 85 percent of inmates arrive at the state prison with a history of substance abuse.
  • Opiates work well to relieve pain. But you can get addicted to them quickly, if you don't use them correctly.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • The generic form of Oxycontin poses a bigger threat to those who abuse it, raising the number of poison control center calls remarkably.
  • 3.3 million deaths, or 5.9 percent of all global deaths (7.6 percent for men and 4.0 percent for women), were attributable to alcohol consumption.
  • Pure Cocaine is extracted from the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca bush.

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