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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
  • Relapse is the return to drug use after an attempt to stop. Relapse indicates the need for more or different treatment.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • 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
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time
  • In 2012, nearly 2.5 million individuals abused prescription drugs for the first time.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Authority obtains over 10,500 accounts of clonazepam abuse annually.
  • This Schedule IV Narcotic in the U.S. is often used as a date rape drug.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • In the early 1900s snorting Cocaine was popular, until the drug was banned by the Harrison Act in 1914.
  • 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.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.

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