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Drug Facts

  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Methamphetamine has many nicknamesmeth, crank, chalk or speed being the most common.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • 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.
  • 49.8% of those arrested used crack in the past.
  • Women suffer more memory loss and brain damage than men do who drink the same amount of alcohol for the same period of time.
  • Overdose deaths linked to Benzodiazepines, like Ativan, have seen a 4.3-fold increase from 2002 to 2015.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Hallucinogens are drugs used to alter the perception and function of the mind.
  • Steroids damage hormones, causing guys to grow breasts and girls to grow beards and facial hair.
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.

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