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Drug Facts

  • Medial drugs include prescription medication, cold and allergy meds, pain relievers and antibiotics.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • War veterans often turn to drugs and alcohol to forget what they went through during combat.
  • There is holistic rehab, or natural, as opposed to traditional programs which may use drugs to treat addiction.
  • 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.
  • Cocaine use is highest among Americans aged 18 to 25.
  • Within the last ten years' rates of Demerol abuse have risen by nearly 200%.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • The number of Americans with an addiction to heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2011.
  • 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.
  • Stimulants can increase energy and enhance self esteem.
  • Alcohol is a sedative.

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