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Drug Facts

  • In 2012, nearly 2.5 million individuals abused prescription drugs for the first time.
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.
  • Deaths related to painkillers have risen by over 180% over the last ten years.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion annually.
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous and potent drugs, with the great potential of causing seizures and heart-related injuries such as stopping the heart, whether one is a short term or long term user.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • 1 in 5 adolescents have admitted to using tranquilizers for nonmedical purposes.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Crystal meth is a stimulant that can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.
  • Amphetamines + some antidepressants: elevated blood pressure, which can lead to irregular heartbeat, heart failure and stroke.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.

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