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Drug Facts

  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Underage Drinking: Alcohol use by anyone under the age of 21. In the United States, the legal drinking age is 21.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Ritalin and related 'hyperactivity' type drugs can be found almost anywhere.
  • In 1906, Coca Cola removed Cocaine from the Coca leaves used to make its product.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • From 1961-1980 the Anti-Depressant boom hit the market in the United States.
  • 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.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • Oxycodone stays in the system 1-10 days.
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • 1 in 10 high school students has reported abusing barbiturates
  • After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misuing or abusing are prescription medications.3

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