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Drug Facts

  • Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
  • 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.
  • In 1906, Coca Cola removed Cocaine from the Coca leaves used to make its product.
  • Adderall originally came about by accident.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Barbiturates Caused the death of many celebrities such as Jimi Hendrix and Marilyn Monroe
  • Mixing sedatives such as Ambien with alcohol can be harmful, even leading to death
  • The word cocaine refers to the drug in a powder form or crystal form.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Ecstasy can cause kidney, liver and brain damage, including long-lasting lesions (injuries) on brain tissue.
  • Ecstasy use has been 12 times more prevalent since it became known as club drug.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • During this time, Anti-Depressant use among all ages increased by almost 400 percent.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • In 2013, over 50 million prescriptions were written for Alprazolam.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.

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