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Drug Facts

  • Over 30 million people abuse Crystal Meth worldwide.
  • Crystal Meth is the world's second most popular illicit drug.
  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.
  • 10 to 22% of automobile accidents involve drivers who are using drugs.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Ecstasy is emotionally damaging and users often suffer depression, confusion, severe anxiety, paranoia, psychotic behavior and other psychological problems.
  • Drugs are divided into several groups, depending on how they are used.
  • The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Over 60% of all deaths from overdose are attributed to prescription drug abuse.
  • In 2007, 33 counties in California reported the seizure of clandestine labs, compared with 21 counties reporting seizing labs in 2006.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.

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