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Drug Facts

  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • 5,477 individuals were found guilty of crack cocaine-related crimes. More than 95% of these offenders had been involved in crack cocaine trafficking.
  • Abused by an estimated one in five teens, prescription drugs are second only to alcohol and marijuana as the substances they use to get high.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • Some effects from of long-acting barbiturates can last up to two days.
  • Because it is smoked, the effects of crack cocaine are more immediate and more intense than that of powdered cocaine.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • There are approximately 5,000 LSD-related emergency room visits per year.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • 26.9 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they engaged in binge drinking in the past month.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for tranquilizers.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • Flashbacks can occur in people who have abused hallucinogens even months after they stop taking them.
  • Young adults from 18-25 are 50% more than any other age group.
  • Methadone accounts for nearly one third of opiate-associated deaths.

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