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Drug Facts

  • Stimulant drugs, such as Adderall, are the second most abused drug on college campuses, next to Marijuana.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • 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.
  • 10 million people aged 12 or older reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Crystal meth is a stimulant that can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.
  • 3.3 million deaths, or 5.9 percent of all global deaths (7.6 percent for men and 4.0 percent for women), were attributable to alcohol consumption.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.
  • Psychic side effects of hallucinogens include the disassociation of time and space.
  • Popular among children and parents were the Cocaine toothache drops.
  • The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • 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.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.

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