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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine is a stimulant that has been utilized and abused for ages.
  • Studies show that 11 percent of male high schoolers have reported using Steroids at least once.
  • Street amphetamine: bennies, black beauties, copilots, eye-openers, lid poppers, pep pills, speed, uppers, wake-ups, and white crosses28
  • Increased or prolonged use of methamphetamine can cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure, paranoia, psychosis, aggression, disordered thinking, extreme mood swings and sometimes hallucinations.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • These days, taking pills is acceptable: there is the feeling that there is a "pill for everything".
  • Drinking behavior in women differentiates according to their age; many resemble the pattern of their husbands, single friends or married friends, whichever is closest to their own lifestyle and age.
  • In 2005, 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. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • There are 2,200 alcohol poisoning deaths in the US each year.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • 90% of Americans with a substance abuse problem started smoking marijuana, drinking or using other drugs before age 18.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.

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