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Drug Facts

  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • Test subjects who were given cocaine and Ritalin could not tell the difference.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Inhalants are sniffed or breathed in where they are absorbed quickly by the lungs, this is commonly referred to as "huffing" or "bagging".
  • Mixing Ativan with depressants, such as alcohol, can lead to seizures, coma and death.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • In 2011, over 800,000 Americans reported having an addiction to cocaine.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • 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.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • Over 20 million individuals were abusing Darvocet before any limitations were put on the drug.

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