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Drug Facts

  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • A stimulant is a drug that provides users with added energy and contentment.
  • Over 53 Million Opiate-based prescriptions are filled each year.
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • 10 to 22% of automobile accidents involve drivers who are using drugs.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.1
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • 12.4 million Americans aged 12 or older tried Ecstasy at least once in their lives, representing 5% of the US population in that age group.
  • Many people wrongly imprisoned under conspiracy laws are women who did nothing more than pick up a phone and take a message for their spouse, boyfriend, child or neighbor.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • Cocaine use is highest among Americans aged 18 to 25.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • Ecstasy use has been 12 times more prevalent since it became known as club drug.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970's.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.
  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.

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