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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Since 2000, non-illicit drugs such as oxycodone, fentanyl and methadone contribute more to overdose fatalities in Utah than illicit drugs such as heroin.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.
  • LSD (or its full name: lysergic acid diethylamide) is a potent hallucinogen that dramatically alters your thoughts and your perception of reality.
  • 60% of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Ambien dissolves readily in water, becoming a popular date rape drug.
  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.

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