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Drug Facts

  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • 60% of High Schoolers, 32% of Middle Schoolers have seen drugs used, kept or sold on school grounds.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.
  • Crack Cocaine is the riskiest form of a Cocaine substance.
  • 50% of teens believe that taking prescription drugs is much safer than using illegal street drugs.
  • Rates of K2 Spice use have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • Cocaine use can lead to death from respiratory (breathing) failure, stroke, cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain) or heart attack.
  • 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.
  • Mixing Ativan with depressants, such as alcohol, can lead to seizures, coma and death.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Women are at a higher risk than men for liver damage, brain damage and heart damage due to alcohol intake.
  • Using Crack Cocaine, even once, can result in life altering addiction.
  • Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more quickly and thus brings an intense and immediatebut very short-livedhigh that lasts about fifteen minutes.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Most users sniff or snort cocaine, although it can also be injected or smoked.

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