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Drug Facts

  • 1 in 5 college students admitted to have abused prescription stimulants like dexedrine.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Nitrous oxide is actually found in whipped cream dispensers as well as octane boosters for cars.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Opiates work well to relieve pain. But you can get addicted to them quickly, if you don't use them correctly.
  • Increased or prolonged use of methamphetamine can cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure, paranoia, psychosis, aggression, disordered thinking, extreme mood swings and sometimes hallucinations.
  • Women in college who drank experienced higher levels of sexual aggression acts from men.
  • Over 20 million individuals were abusing Darvocet before any limitations were put on the drug.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • 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.
  • Over 210,000,000 opioids are prescribed by pharmaceutical companies a year.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • In 2011, a Pennsylvania couple stabbed the walls in their apartment to attack the '90 people living in their walls.'
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Hallucinogens do not always produce hallucinations.

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