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Drug Facts

  • More than 100,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S., due to their mothers' use of the drug during pregnancy.
  • Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
  • Statistics say that prohibition made Alcohol abuse worse, with more people drinking more than ever.
  • Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • 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.
  • More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.1
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Underage Drinking: Alcohol use by anyone under the age of 21. In the United States, the legal drinking age is 21.
  • 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.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • A syringe of morphine was, in a very real sense, a magic wand,' states David Courtwright in Dark Paradise. '
  • Hallucinogens are drugs used to alter the perception and function of the mind.
  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • Barbiturates Caused the death of many celebrities such as Jimi Hendrix and Marilyn Monroe
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.

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