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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP. The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Benzodiazepines like Ativan are found in nearly 50% of all suicide attempts.
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.
  • 1.1 million people each year use hallucinogens for the first time.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Even if you smoke just a few cigarettes a week, you can get addicted to nicotine in a few weeks or even days. The more cigarettes you smoke, the more likely you are to become addicted.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Over 1 million people have tried hallucinogens for the fist time this year.
  • Crack cocaine was introduced into society in 1985.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.

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