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Drug Facts

  • Almost 50% of high school seniors have abused a drug of some kind.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • Adderall was brought to the prescription drug market as a new way to treat A.D.H.D in 1996, slowly replacing Ritalin.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • One in ten high school seniors in the US admits to abusing prescription painkillers.
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • Rock, Kryptonite, Base, Sugar Block, Hard Rock, Apple Jacks, and Topo (Spanish) are popular terms used for Crack Cocaine.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • Production and trafficking soared again in the 1990's in relation to organized crime in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • 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.
  • Deaths from Alcohol poisoning are most common among the ages 35-64.
  • An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Over 26 percent of all Ambien-related ER cases were admitted to a critical care unit or ICU.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • Around 16 million people at this time are abusing prescription medications.
  • Over 2.1 million people in the United States abused Anti-Depressants in 2011 alone.

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