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Drug Facts

  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Most users sniff or snort cocaine, although it can also be injected or smoked.
  • There were over 20,000 ecstasy-related emergency room visits in 2011
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.
  • 15.2% of 8th graders report they have used Marijuana.
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.
  • Mixing Ambien with alcohol can cause respiratory distress, coma and death.
  • Studies show that 11 percent of male high schoolers have reported using Steroids at least once.
  • 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.
  • Ketamine has risen by over 300% in the last ten years.
  • Over 30 Million people have admitted to abusing a cannabis-based product within the last year.
  • There were over 190,000 hospitalizations in the U.S. in 2008 due to inhalant poisoning.
  • The drug Diazepam has over 500 different brand-names worldwide.

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