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Drug Facts

  • In the 20th Century Barbiturates were Prescribed as sedatives, anesthetics, anxiolytics, and anti-convulsants
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • There are approximately 5,000 LSD-related emergency room visits per year.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Amphetamines + alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines: the body is placed under a high degree of stress as it attempts to deal with the conflicting effects of both types of drugs, which can lead to an overdose.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • The act in 1914 prohibited the import of coca leaves and Cocaine, except for pharmaceutical purposes.
  • 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.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • By 8th grade, before even entering high school, approximately have of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 41% have smoked cigarettes and 20% have used marijuana.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Long-term effects from use of crack cocaine include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.

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