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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • American dies from a prescription drug overdose every 19 minutes.
  • In 2012, Ambien was prescribed 43.8 million times in the United States.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • 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.
  • PCP (known as Angel Dust) stays in the system 1-8 days.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • 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.
  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • Ecstasy is sometimes mixed with substances such as rat poison.
  • Codeine is a prescription drug, and is part of a group of drugs known as opioids.
  • Almost 38 million people have admitted to have used cocaine in their lifetime.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • PCP (also known as angel dust) can cause drug addiction in the infant as well as tremors.
  • There are innocent people behind bars because of the drug conspiracy laws.
  • Approximately 1.3 million people in Utah reported Methamphetamine use in the past year, and 512,000 reported current or use within in the past month.

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