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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Nitrates are also inhalants that come in the form of leather cleaners and room deodorizers.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • Adderall was brought to the prescription drug market as a new way to treat A.D.H.D in 1996, slowly replacing Ritalin.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • Approximately 1,800 people 12 and older tried cocaine for the first time in 2011.
  • People who abuse anabolic steroids usually take them orally or inject them into the muscles.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Young adults from 18-25 are 50% more than any other age group.
  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • Meth use in the United States varies geographically, with the highest rate of use in the West and the lowest in the Northeast.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • The New Hampshire Department of Corrections reports 85 percent of inmates arrive at the state prison with a history of substance abuse.
  • Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.1
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.

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