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Drug Facts

  • Alcohol Abuse is the 3rd leading cause of preventable deaths in the U.S with over 88,000 cases of Alcohol related deaths.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • Other names of ecstasy include Eckies, E, XTC, pills, pingers, bikkies, flippers, and molly.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • 10 million people aged 12 or older reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • Used illicitly, stimulants can lead to delirium and paranoia.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for tranquilizers.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.
  • In 2010, around 13 million people have abused methamphetamines in their life and approximately 350,000 people were regular users. This number increased by over 80,000 the following year.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Almost 50% of high school seniors have abused a drug of some kind.
  • Smokers who continuously smoke will always have nicotine in their system.
  • Heroin can be injected, smoked or snorted
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.

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