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Drug Facts

  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • Stimulants can increase energy and enhance self esteem.
  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Between 2002 and 2006, over a half million of teens aged 12 to 17 had used inhalants.
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.
  • Today, teens are 10 times more likely to use Steroids than in 1991.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • 300 tons of barbiturates are produced legally in the U.S. every year.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • Cocaine comes in two forms. One is a powder and the other is a rock. The rock form of cocaine is referred to as crack cocaine.
  • Each year Alcohol use results in nearly 2,000 college student's deaths.
  • Nationally, illicit drug use has more than doubled among 50-59-year-old since 2002
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.

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