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Drug Facts

  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • The United States spends over 560 Billion Dollars for pain relief.
  • 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.
  • By the 8th grade, 28% of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 15% have smoked cigarettes, and 16.5% have used marijuana.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • More than 100,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S., due to their mothers' use of the drug during pregnancy.
  • Cocaine causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Nitrous oxide is a medical gas that is referred to as "laughing gas" among users.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • It is estimated 20.4 million people age 12 or older have tried methamphetamine at sometime in their lives.
  • Mixing Ativan with depressants, such as alcohol, can lead to seizures, coma and death.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Bath Salts cause brain swelling, delirium, seizures, liver failure and heart attacks.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.

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