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Drug Facts

  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • About 696,000 cases of student assault, are committed by student's who have been drinking.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • Many smokers say they have trouble cutting down on the amount of cigarettes they smoke. This is a sign of addiction.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • Second hand smoke can kill you. In the U.S. alone over 3,000 people die every year from cancer caused by second hand smoke.
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • In 2010, around 13 million people have abused methamphetamines in their life and approximately 350,000 people were regular users. This number increased by over 80,000 the following year.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Adverse effects from Ambien rose nearly 220 percent from 2005 to 2010.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • Nearly 2/3 of those found in addiction recovery centers report sexual or physical abuse as children.
  • 9.4 million people in 2011 reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.

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