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Drug Facts

  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • Used illicitly, stimulants can lead to delirium and paranoia.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Younger war veterans (ages 18-25) have a higher likelihood of succumbing to a drug or alcohol addiction.
  • Despite 20 years of scientific evidence showing that drug treatment programs do work, the feds fail to offer enough of them to prisoners.
  • Statistics say that prohibition made Alcohol abuse worse, with more people drinking more than ever.
  • Rates of anti-depressant use have risen by over 400% within just three years.
  • Ambien dissolves readily in water, becoming a popular date rape drug.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Over 60% of teens report that drugs of some kind are kept, sold, and used at their school.
  • Ironically, young teens in small towns are more likely to use crystal meth than teens raised in the city.
  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.

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