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Drug Facts

  • Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
  • Believe it or not, marijuana is NOT a medicine.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Meth has a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
  • 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.
  • Ecstasy causes hypothermia, which leads to muscle breakdown and could cause kidney failure.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • There have been over 1.2 million people admitting to using using methamphetamine within the past year.
  • Stimulants are found in every day household items such as tobacco, nicotine and daytime cough medicine.
  • About 50% of high school seniors do not think it's harmful to try crack or cocaine once or twice and 40% believe it's not harmful to use heroin once or twice.
  • Rohypnol (The Date Rape Drug) is more commonly known as "roofies".
  • 1 in 5 adolescents have admitted to using tranquilizers for nonmedical purposes.
  • Mixing sedatives such as Ambien with alcohol can be harmful, even leading to death
  • The effects of ecstasy are usually felt about 20 minutes to an hour after it's taken and last for around 6 hours.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.

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