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Drug Facts

  • 1 in 5 college students admitted to have abused prescription stimulants like dexedrine.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • From 1920- 1933, the illegal trade of Alcohol was a booming industry in the U.S., causing higher rates of crime than before.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • 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 word cocaine refers to the drug in a powder form or crystal form.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • Other psychological symptoms include manic behavior, psychosis (losing touch with reality) and aggression, commonly known as 'Roid Rage'.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
  • There are approximately 5,000 LSD-related emergency room visits per year.
  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their first time.
  • Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.1
  • 1/3 of teenagers who live in states with medical marijuana laws get their pot from other people's prescriptions.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • Over 23.5 million people need treatment for illegal drugs.

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