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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.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker has been using a depressant such as alcohol; however, if the tweaker has been using a depressant, his or her negative feelings - including paranoia and frustration - can increase substantially.
  • 60% of High Schoolers, 32% of Middle Schoolers have seen drugs used, kept or sold on school grounds.
  • Over 20 million individuals were abusing Darvocet before any limitations were put on the drug.
  • Over 53 Million Opiate-based prescriptions are filled each year.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • In addition, users may have cracked teeth due to extreme jaw-clenching during a Crystral Meth high.
  • Hallucinogen rates have risen by over 30% over the past twenty years.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • Crystal meth is a stimulant that can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 6.8 million people with an addiction have a mental illness.

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