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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine has many nicknamesmeth, crank, chalk or speed being the most common.
  • Ambien can cause severe allergic reactions such as hives, breathing problems and swelling of the mouth, tongue and throat.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • 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.
  • Over 3 million prescriptions for Suboxone were written in a single year.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Drug addiction and abuse costs the American taxpayers an average of $484 billion each year.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Tweaking makes achieving the original high difficult, causing frustration and unstable behavior in the user.
  • Underage Drinking: Alcohol use by anyone under the age of 21. In the United States, the legal drinking age is 21.
  • Nearly 2/3 of those found in addiction recovery centers report sexual or physical abuse as children.

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