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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • Crack causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.
  • There were over 1.8 million Americans 12 or older who used a hallucinogen or inhalant for the first time. (1.1 million among hallucinogens)
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • Even a single dose of heroin can start a person on the road to addiction.
  • The effects of ecstasy are usually felt about 20 minutes to an hour after it's taken and last for around 6 hours.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • Amphetamines + some antidepressants: elevated blood pressure, which can lead to irregular heartbeat, heart failure and stroke.
  • The number of Americans with an addiction to heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2011.
  • Opiate-based abuse causes over 17,000 deaths annually.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.

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