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Drug Facts

  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • 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.
  • A biochemical abnormality in the liver forms in 80 percent of Steroid users.
  • 9.4 million people in 2011 reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Babies can be born addicted to drugs.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • 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.
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.
  • In 2011, over 800,000 Americans reported having an addiction to cocaine.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • 7.5 million have used cocaine at least once in their life, 3.5 million in the last year and 1.5 million in the past month.

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