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Drug Facts

  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • Taking Ecstasy can cause liver failure.
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
  • Cocaine can be snorted, injected, sniffed or smoked.
  • There were over 20,000 ecstasy-related emergency room visits in 2011
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • In 1981, Alprazolam released to the United States drug market.
  • 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.
  • Authority receive over 10,500 reports of clonazepam abuse every year, and the rate is increasing.
  • The U.S. utilizes over 65% of the world's supply of Dilaudid.
  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • During this time, Anti-Depressant use among all ages increased by almost 400 percent.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.

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