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Drug Facts

  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • It is estimated 20.4 million people age 12 or older have tried methamphetamine at sometime in their lives.
  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Over 3 million prescriptions for Suboxone were written in a single year.
  • Barbiturates Caused the death of many celebrities such as Jimi Hendrix and Marilyn Monroe
  • Meth creates an immediate high that quickly fades. As a result, users often take it repeatedly, making it extremely addictive.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • The coca leaf is mainly located in South America and its consumption has dated back to 3000 BC.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • Alcohol is a sedative.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Some common street names for Amphetamines include: speed, uppers, black mollies, blue mollies, Benz and wake ups.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Women in college who drank experienced higher levels of sexual aggression acts from men.
  • Increased or prolonged use of methamphetamine can cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure, paranoia, psychosis, aggression, disordered thinking, extreme mood swings and sometimes hallucinations.

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