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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant made from the coca plant.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • Studies show that 11 percent of male high schoolers have reported using Steroids at least once.
  • Valium is a drug that is used to manage anxiety disorders.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Excessive use of alcohol can lead to sexual impotence.
  • Amphetamines + alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines: the body is placed under a high degree of stress as it attempts to deal with the conflicting effects of both types of drugs, which can lead to an overdose.
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Coca is one of the oldest, most potent and most dangerous stimulants of natural origin.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Between 2000 and 2006 the average number of alcohol related motor vehicle crashes in Utah resulting in death was approximately 59, resulting in an average of nearly 67 fatalities per year.
  • Increased or prolonged use of methamphetamine can cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure, paranoia, psychosis, aggression, disordered thinking, extreme mood swings and sometimes hallucinations.
  • These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker has been using a depressant such as alcohol; however, if the tweaker has been using a depressant, his or her negative feelings - including paranoia and frustration - can increase substantially.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.

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