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Drug Facts

  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Cocaine is a stimulant that has been utilized and abused for ages.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Rates of K2 Spice use have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker has been using a depressant such as alcohol; however, if the tweaker has been using a depressant, his or her negative feelings - including paranoia and frustration - can increase substantially.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • Drug addicts are not the only ones affected by drug addiction.
  • Using Crack Cocaine, even once, can result in life altering addiction.
  • Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • The Barbituric acid compound was made from malonic apple acid and animal urea.
  • 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • Colombia's drug trade is worth US$10 billion. That's one-quarter as much as the country's legal exports.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.

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