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Drug Facts

  • 33.1 percent of 15-year-olds report that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives.
  • Marijuana can stay in a person's system for 3-5 days, however, if you are a heavy user, it can be detected up to 30 days.
  • 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.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • Over 23.5 million people are in need of treatment for illegal drugs like Flakka.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Methadone accounts for nearly one third of opiate-associated deaths.
  • Even a single dose of heroin can start a person on the road to addiction.
  • Pure Cocaine is extracted from the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca bush.
  • Even if you smoke just a few cigarettes a week, you can get addicted to nicotine in a few weeks or even days. The more cigarettes you smoke, the more likely you are to become addicted.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Excessive use of alcohol can lead to sexual impotence.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • The U.S. utilizes over 65% of the world's supply of Dilaudid.

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