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Drug Facts

  • There are approximately 5,000 LSD-related emergency room visits per year.
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their first time.
  • In 2011, over 800,000 Americans reported having an addiction to cocaine.
  • 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.
  • Crystal meth comes in clear chunky crystals resembling ice and is most commonly smoked.
  • 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
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.

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