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Drug Facts

  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • More than9 in 10people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug.
  • Many smokers say they have trouble cutting down on the amount of cigarettes they smoke. This is a sign of addiction.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • Meth can quickly be made with battery acid, antifreeze and drain cleaner.
  • 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.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.
  • LSD (or its full name: lysergic acid diethylamide) is a potent hallucinogen that dramatically alters your thoughts and your perception of reality.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • Women who had an alcoholic parent are more likely to become an alcoholic than men who have an alcoholic parent.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • Ecstasy is emotionally damaging and users often suffer depression, confusion, severe anxiety, paranoia, psychotic behavior and other psychological problems.

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