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Drug Facts

  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • Bath salts contain man-made stimulants called cathinone's, which are like amphetamines.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Crack cocaine was introduced into society in 1985.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker has been using a depressant such as alcohol; however, if the tweaker has been using a depressant, his or her negative feelings - including paranoia and frustration - can increase substantially.
  • Over 13 million Americans have admitted to abusing CNS stimulants.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • In 1860, the United States was home to 1,138 Alcohol distilleries that produced over 88 million gallons each year.
  • Drugs and alcohol do not discriminate no matter what your gender, race, age or political affiliation addiction can affect you if you let it.
  • 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.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.

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