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Drug Facts

  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Synthetic drug stimulants, also known as cathinones, mimic the effects of ecstasy or MDMA. Bath salts and Molly are examples of synthetic cathinones.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • 26.7% of 10th graders reported using Marijuana.
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • Other names of ecstasy include Eckies, E, XTC, pills, pingers, bikkies, flippers, and molly.
  • American dies from a prescription drug overdose every 19 minutes.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.

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