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Drug Facts

  • Stimulant drugs, such as Adderall, are the second most abused drug on college campuses, next to Marijuana.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • 1 in 5 adolescents have admitted to using tranquilizers for nonmedical purposes.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Stimulants are found in every day household items such as tobacco, nicotine and daytime cough medicine.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • 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)
  • By June 2011, the PCC had received over 3,470 calls about Bath Salts.
  • Ecstasy can cause kidney, liver and brain damage, including long-lasting lesions (injuries) on brain tissue.
  • Teens who start with alcohol are more likely to try cocaine than teens who do not drink.

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