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Drug Facts

  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • American dies from a prescription drug overdose every 19 minutes.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Over 13 million Americans have admitted to abusing CNS stimulants.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Non-pharmaceutical fentanyl is sold in the following forms: as a powder; spiked on blotter paper; mixed with or substituted for heroin; or as tablets that mimic other, less potent opioids.
  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • Women born after World War 2 were more inclined to become alcoholics than those born before 1943.
  • Crack causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Over 6 million people have ever admitted to using PCP in their lifetimes.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • The same year, an Ohio man broke into a stranger's home to decorate for Christmas.

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