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Drug Facts

  • Teens who have open communication with their parents are half as likely to try drugs, yet only a quarter of adolescents state that they have had conversations with their parents regarding drugs.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.
  • Ecstasy causes hypothermia, which leads to muscle breakdown and could cause kidney failure.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • 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.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Ecstasy can cause you to drink too much water when not needed, which upsets the salt balance in your body.
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • Nitrates are also inhalants that come in the form of leather cleaners and room deodorizers.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • 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.
  • There is holistic rehab, or natural, as opposed to traditional programs which may use drugs to treat addiction.

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