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Drug Facts

  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • Using Crack Cocaine, even once, can result in life altering addiction.
  • 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.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Within the last ten years' rates of Demerol abuse have risen by nearly 200%.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • 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.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • Street amphetamine: bennies, black beauties, copilots, eye-openers, lid poppers, pep pills, speed, uppers, wake-ups, and white crosses28
  • Women who have an abortion are more prone to turn to alcohol or drug abuse afterward.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide and manufactures 74% of illicit opiates. However, Mexico is the leading supplier to the U.S
  • In 2012, over 16 million adults were prescribed Adderall.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • Test subjects who were given cocaine and Ritalin could not tell the difference.
  • Meth creates an immediate high that quickly fades. As a result, users often take it repeatedly, making it extremely addictive.

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