 Drug prevention and education
Helping children and teenagers to "just say no" to drugs becomes a little easier with ...
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METH Users are prone to violent actions
April 27, 2003 - HILLSBORO Ð Lt. Chuck Middleton, of the Highland County Sheriff’s Office ...
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The Onset of Addiction
Bellingham's Bouchard said her brother's battle with drugs began when he tried alcohol for the ...
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Methamphetamine kills by causing heart failure, brain damage and stroke.
In blind trials, users who were given both drugs orally were unable to distinguish between the effects heroin and methadone.
Marijuana is classified as a "psychotropic" or "psychoactive" drug and is highly addictive for some individuals.
OxyContin addiction creeps up on the individual until acquiring the drug becomes a full time obsession affecting friends, family, career, kids, finances and possibly involving the police.
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Cocaine
Facts
- There are basically two chemical forms
of cocaine: the hydrochloride salt and "freebase."
- Cocaine
is classified as a Schedule 2 Controlled Substance under the federal Controlled
Substances Act and is illegal in most circumstances.
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The negative side effects of habitual cocaine use that was responsible for coining
the phrase, "dope fiend".
- In
1994, cocaine-related episodes comprised 28% of all emergency room drug-related
episodes.
- Street names: blow, 'caine,
coke, cola, freeze, snow (powder), base, rock (crack), blizzard, sleet, white
lady, nose candy, soda, snow cone, blanco, cubes.
- In
Texas, 200-300 cocaine overdose deaths are reported each year.
- The
number of Americans that use cocaine weekly has remained steady at around a half
million since 1983 according to the 1993 Household Drug Survey; 582,000 (0.3%
of the population) were frequent cocaine users in 1995 (frequent meaning use on
51 or more days during the past year.
- Cocaine
raises body temperature, heart rate and blood pressure. Even one use causes heart
palpitations or cardiac arrest.
- Cocaine
is psychologically addictive and research indicates possible physical addiction.
- Young single people are the most frequent
users of cocaine, with male users outnumbering female users two to one.
- Adults
18 to 25 years old have a higher rate of current cocaine use than those in any
other age group.
- Cocaine is a drug
extracted from the leaves of the coca plant (Erythroxlon coca) which grows in
South America.
- Cocaine users will lose
interest in their family, sex, jobs, just about everything, except using more
cocaine.
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