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Drug Facts

  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • 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.
  • Over 52% of teens who use bath salts also combine them with other drugs.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • The Canadian government reports that 90% of their mescaline is a combination of PCP and LSD
  • Interventions can facilitate the development of healthy interpersonal relationships and improve the participant's ability to interact with family, peers, and others in the community.
  • According to the latest drug information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually in health care treatments, lost productivity, and crime.
  • Crack cocaine gets its name from how it breaks into little rocks after being produced.
  • Ketamine is used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic. It is sometimes used illegally by people to get 'high'.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • 22.7 million people (as of 2007) have reported using LSD in their lifetime.
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • The same year, an Ohio man broke into a stranger's home to decorate for Christmas.
  • Every day, we have over 8,100 NEW drug users in America. That's 3.1 million new users every year.

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