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Drug Facts

  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • Ecstasy is one of the most popular drugs among youth today.
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.
  • Meth creates an immediate high that quickly fades. As a result, users often take it repeatedly, making it extremely addictive.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • According to the latest drug information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually in health care treatments, lost productivity, and crime.
  • Cocaine use can lead to death from respiratory (breathing) failure, stroke, cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain) or heart attack.
  • Drug use can interfere with the healthy birth of a baby.
  • When injected, Ativan can cause damage to cardiovascular and vascular systems.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • In Alabama during the year 2006 a total of 20,340 people were admitted to Drug rehab or Alcohol rehab programs.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • Heroin is a drug that is processed from morphine.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant made from the coca plant.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • A biochemical abnormality in the liver forms in 80 percent of Steroid users.

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