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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • Oxycodone comes in a number of forms including capsules, tablets, liquid and suppositories. It also comes in a variety of strengths.
  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • The number of Americans with an addiction to heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2011.
  • Heroin can be injected, smoked or snorted
  • Almost 1 in every 4 teens in America say they have misused or abused a prescription drug.3
  • Children, innocent drivers, families, the environment, all are affected by drug addiction even if they have never taken a drink or tried a drug.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • Between 2000 and 2006 the average number of alcohol related motor vehicle crashes in Utah resulting in death was approximately 59, resulting in an average of nearly 67 fatalities per year.
  • Oxycodone stays in the system 1-10 days.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Alcohol is a depressant derived from the fermentation of natural sugars in fruits, vegetables and grains.
  • 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.
  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • Meth use in the United States varies geographically, with the highest rate of use in the West and the lowest in the Northeast.

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