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Drug Facts

  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Ativan is faster acting and more addictive than other Benzodiazepines.
  • In 2011, a Pennsylvania couple stabbed the walls in their apartment to attack the '90 people living in their walls.'
  • The Canadian government reports that 90% of their mescaline is a combination of PCP and LSD
  • Oxycontin has risen by over 80% within three years.
  • Women are at a higher risk than men for liver damage, brain damage and heart damage due to alcohol intake.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • Crack cocaine was introduced into society in 1985.
  • An estimated 20 percent of U.S. college students are afflicted with Alcoholism.
  • Alcohol is the most likely substance for someone to become addicted to in America.
  • Over 20 million Americans over the age of 12 have an addiction (excluding tobacco).
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • Benzodiazepines like Ativan are found in nearly 50% of all suicide attempts.
  • 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.
  • Underage Drinking: Alcohol use by anyone under the age of 21. In the United States, the legal drinking age is 21.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Drug addiction treatment programs are available for each specific type of drug from marijuana to heroin to cocaine to prescription medication.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.

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