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Drug Facts

  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Young adults from 18-25 are 50% more than any other age group.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • 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
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for tranquilizers.
  • Mixing Ambien with alcohol can cause respiratory distress, coma and death.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • From 1961-1980 the Anti-Depressant boom hit the market in the United States.
  • 31% of rock star deaths are related to drugs or alcohol.
  • Hallucinogens (also known as 'psychedelics') can make a person see, hear, smell, feel or taste things that aren't really there or are different from how they are in reality.
  • Meth can lead to your body overheating, to convulsions and to comas, eventually killing you.
  • Production and trafficking soared again in the 1990's in relation to organized crime in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
  • Overdose deaths linked to Benzodiazepines, like Ativan, have seen a 4.3-fold increase from 2002 to 2015.
  • Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970's.
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.
  • Because it is smoked, the effects of crack cocaine are more immediate and more intense than that of powdered cocaine.

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