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Drug Facts

  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • In 1993, inhalation (42%) was the most frequently used route of administration among primary Methamphetamine admissions.
  • Ativan is one of the strongest Benzodiazepines on the market.
  • In the United States, deaths from pain medication abuse are outnumbering deaths from traffic accidents in young adults.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • There were over 20,000 ecstasy-related emergency room visits in 2011
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • 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.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • In 2014, over 354,000 U.S. citizens were daily users of Crack.
  • In 2013, over 50 million prescriptions were written for Alprazolam.
  • Sniffing paint is a common form of inhalant abuse.

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