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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • Heroin can be injected, smoked or snorted
  • Smokers who continuously smoke will always have nicotine in their system.
  • MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) is a synthetic, mind-altering drug that acts both as a stimulant and a hallucinogenic.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • Over 750,000 people have used LSD within the past year.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • Between 2006 and 2010, 9 out of 10 antidepressant patents expired, resulting in a huge loss of pharmaceutical companies.
  • In 2010, around 13 million people have abused methamphetamines in their life and approximately 350,000 people were regular users. This number increased by over 80,000 the following year.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Cocaine only has an effect on a person for about an hour, which will lead a person to have to use cocaine many times through out the day.
  • There are 2,200 alcohol poisoning deaths in the US each year.
  • The most prominent drugs being abused in Alabama and requiring rehabilitation were Marijuana, Alcohol and Cocaine in 2006 5,927 people were admitted for Marijuana, 3,446 for Alcohol and an additional 2,557 admissions for Cocaine and Crack.
  • The euphoric feeling of cocaine is then followed by a crash filled with depression and paranoia.
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • Predatory drugs metabolize quickly so that they are not in the system when the victim is medically examined.

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