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Drug Facts

  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Deaths from Alcohol poisoning are most common among the ages 35-64.
  • Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970's.
  • Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Predatory drugs are drugs used to gain sexual advantage over the victim they include: Rohypnol (date rape drug), GHB and Ketamine.
  • Popular among children and parents were the Cocaine toothache drops.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • After hitting the market, Ativan was used to treat insomnia, vertigo, seizures, and alcohol withdrawal.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Adderall is popular on college campuses, with black markets popping up to supply the demand of students.
  • Long-term effects from use of crack cocaine include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.

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