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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • 70% to 80% of the world's cocaine comes from Columbia.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • In 1904, Barbiturates were introduced for further medicinal purposes
  • Every day, we have over 8,100 NEW drug users in America. That's 3.1 million new users every year.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • Drinking behavior in women differentiates according to their age; many resemble the pattern of their husbands, single friends or married friends, whichever is closest to their own lifestyle and age.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Alprazolam contains powerful addictive properties.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • Coke Bugs or Snow Bugs are an illusion of bugs crawling underneath one's skin and often experienced by Crack Cocaine users.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • About 72% of all cases reported to poison centers for substance use were calls from people's homes.

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