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Drug Facts

  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • 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.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • In 1906, Coca Cola removed Cocaine from the Coca leaves used to make its product.
  • In 2011, over 800,000 Americans reported having an addiction to cocaine.
  • In 2013, that number increased to 3.5 million children on stimulants.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • An estimated 88,0009 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women9) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
  • 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.
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Steroids can cause disfiguring ailments such as baldness in girls and severe acne in all who use them.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that more than 9.5% of youths aged 12 to 17 in the US were current illegal drug users.
  • Medial drugs include prescription medication, cold and allergy meds, pain relievers and antibiotics.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.

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