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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.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • Ketamine has risen by over 300% in the last ten years.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • American dies from a prescription drug overdose every 19 minutes.
  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • Approximately 3% of high school seniors say they have tried heroin at least once in the past year.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Street amphetamine: bennies, black beauties, copilots, eye-openers, lid poppers, pep pills, speed, uppers, wake-ups, and white crosses28
  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.
  • Subutex use has increased by over 66% within just two years.

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