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Drug Facts

  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice
  • The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • Over 13 million individuals abuse stimulants like Dexedrine.
  • Alcohol can impair hormone-releasing glands causing them to alter, which can lead to dangerous medical conditions.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Hallucinogen rates have risen by over 30% over the past twenty years.
  • Smoking tobacco can cause a miscarriage or a premature birth.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.
  • Inhalants are sniffed or breathed in where they are absorbed quickly by the lungs, this is commonly referred to as "huffing" or "bagging".
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • Some common names for anabolic steroids are Gear, Juice, Roids, and Stackers.
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.

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