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Drug Facts

  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • 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.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • Relapse is the return to drug use after an attempt to stop. Relapse indicates the need for more or different treatment.
  • 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.
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • The same year, an Ohio man broke into a stranger's home to decorate for Christmas.
  • Snorting drugs can create loss of sense of smell, nosebleeds, frequent runny nose, and problems with swallowing.
  • Over 600,000 people has been reported to have used ecstasy within the last month.
  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • Women are at a higher risk than men for liver damage, brain damage and heart damage due to alcohol intake.
  • Almost 1 in every 4 teens in America say they have misused or abused a prescription drug.3
  • In 1993, inhalation (42%) was the most frequently used route of administration among primary Methamphetamine admissions.
  • More than9 in 10people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.
  • 12.4 million Americans aged 12 or older tried Ecstasy at least once in their lives, representing 5% of the US population in that age group.

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