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Drug Facts

  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • 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.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • By June 2011, the PCC had received over 3,470 calls about Bath Salts.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Within the last ten years' rates of Demerol abuse have risen by nearly 200%.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Colombia's drug trade is worth US$10 billion. That's one-quarter as much as the country's legal exports.
  • Steroids can stay in one's system for three weeks if taken orally and up to 3-6 months if injected.
  • The drug Diazepam has over 500 different brand-names worldwide.
  • 7.6% of teens use the prescription drug Aderall.
  • Adderall on the streets is known as: Addies, Study Drugs, the Smart Drug.
  • Every day in America, approximately 10 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are diagnosed with HIV/AIDSand many of them are infected through risky behaviors associated with drug use.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Penalties for possession, delivery and manufacturing of Ecstasy can include jail sentences of four years to life, and fines from $250,000 to $4 million, depending on the amount of the drug you have in your possession.
  • Cocaine comes in two forms. One is a powder and the other is a rock. The rock form of cocaine is referred to as crack cocaine.
  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.

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