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Drug Facts

  • Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide and manufactures 74% of illicit opiates. However, Mexico is the leading supplier to the U.S
  • Long-term effects from use of crack cocaine include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases.
  • An estimated 20 percent of U.S. college students are afflicted with Alcoholism.
  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • Studies show that 11 percent of male high schoolers have reported using Steroids at least once.
  • Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication 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.
  • GHB is often referred to as Liquid Ecstasy, Easy Lay, Liquid X and Goop
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • 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.
  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Subutex use has increased by over 66% within just two years.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.

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