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Drug Facts

  • In 1990, 600,000 children in the U.S. were on stimulant medication for A.D.H.D.
  • Crack cocaine earned the nickname crack because of the cracking sound it makes when it is heated.
  • 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.
  • The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
  • Heroin is a drug that is processed from morphine.
  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • Mushrooms (Psilocybin) (AKA: Simple Simon, shrooms, silly putty, sherms, musk, boomers): psilocybin is the hallucinogenic chemical found in approximately 190 species of edible mushrooms.
  • The effects of ecstasy are usually felt about 20 minutes to an hour after it's taken and last for around 6 hours.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • Stimulants are prescribed in the treatment of obesity.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Predatory drugs metabolize quickly so that they are not in the system when the victim is medically examined.
  • Dilaudid, considered eight times more potent than morphine, is often called 'drug store heroin' on the streets.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Drug use can interfere with the healthy birth of a baby.
  • By 8th grade, before even entering high school, approximately have of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 41% have smoked cigarettes and 20% have used marijuana.
  • The same year, an Ohio man broke into a stranger's home to decorate for Christmas.
  • In 1860, the United States was home to 1,138 Alcohol distilleries that produced over 88 million gallons each year.

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