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Drug Facts

  • Marijuana had the highest rates of dependence out of all illicit substances in 2011.
  • 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'.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • People who use marijuana believe it to be harmless and want it legalized.
  • Bath salts contain man-made stimulants called cathinone's, which are like amphetamines.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • In 2012, Ambien was prescribed 43.8 million times in the United States.
  • Authority receive over 10,500 reports of clonazepam abuse every year, and the rate is increasing.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • At this time, medical professionals recommended amphetamine as a cure for a range of ailmentsalcohol hangover, narcolepsy, depression, weight reduction, hyperactivity in children, and vomiting associated with pregnancy.
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • Mescaline (AKA: Cactus, cactus buttons, cactus joint, mesc, mescal, mese, mezc, moon, musk, topi): occurs naturally in certain types of cactus plants, including the peyote cactus.

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