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Drug Facts

  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • 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.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Mixing Adderall with Alcohol increases the risk of cardiovascular problems.
  • 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.
  • The drug Diazepam has over 500 different brand-names worldwide.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • Ecstasy can stay in one's system for 1-5 days.
  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misuing or abusing are prescription medications.3
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for sedatives.

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