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Drug Facts

  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Approximately 35,000,000 Americans a year have been admitted into the hospital due abusing medications like Darvocet.
  • There were over 20,000 ecstasy-related emergency room visits in 2011
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Crack cocaine is the crystal form of cocaine, which normally comes in a powder form.
  • Amphetamines + alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines: the body is placed under a high degree of stress as it attempts to deal with the conflicting effects of both types of drugs, which can lead to an overdose.
  • Two thirds of the people who abuse drugs or alcohol admit to being sexually molested when they were children.
  • Approximately 122,000 people have admitted to using PCP in the past year.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • War veterans often turn to drugs and alcohol to forget what they went through during combat.
  • The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Crack cocaine is derived from powdered cocaine offering a euphoric high that is even more stimulating than powdered cocaine.
  • 12.4 million Americans aged 12 or older tried Ecstasy at least once in their lives, representing 5% of the US population in that age group.
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).

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