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Drug Facts

  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Nearly 2/3 of those found in addiction recovery centers report sexual or physical abuse as children.
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • Women are at a higher risk than men for liver damage, brain damage and heart damage due to alcohol intake.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • Approximately, 57 percent of Steroid users have admitted to knowing that their lives could be shortened because of it.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous and potent drugs, with the great potential of causing seizures and heart-related injuries such as stopping the heart, whether one is a short term or long term user.
  • Over 80% of individuals have confidence that prescription drug abuse will only continue to grow.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • In 2007, 33 counties in California reported the seizure of clandestine labs, compared with 21 counties reporting seizing labs in 2006.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • The sale of painkillers has increased by over 300% since 1999.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Aerosols are a form of inhalants that include vegetable oil, hair spray, deodorant and spray paint.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • 92% of those who begin using Ecstasy later turn to other drugs including marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine and heroin.

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