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Drug Facts

  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • 37% of individuals claim that the United States is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • 1.1 million people each year use hallucinogens for the first time.
  • Ecstasy can cause kidney, liver and brain damage, including long-lasting lesions (injuries) on brain tissue.
  • 1 in 10 high school students has reported abusing barbiturates
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Short term rehab effectively helps more women than men, even though they may have suffered more traumatic situations than men did.
  • 12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.1
  • Taking Steroids raises the risk of aggression and irritability to over 56 percent.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • These days, taking pills is acceptable: there is the feeling that there is a "pill for everything".
  • Two thirds of the people who abuse drugs or alcohol admit to being sexually molested when they were children.
  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.
  • Steroids can cause disfiguring ailments such as baldness in girls and severe acne in all who use them.
  • After hitting the market, Ativan was used to treat insomnia, vertigo, seizures, and alcohol withdrawal.
  • Nearly one third of mushroom users reported heightened levels of anxiety.
  • 8.6% of 12th graders have used hallucinogens 4% report on using LSD specifically.

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