Types of Drugs
A powerful and intense synthetic stimulant that is used to reach a quick “high”
What is Meth?
This state has the 2nd highest overdose increase rate in the United States.
What is North Carolina?
This country is thought to produce 80% of the world’s opium with a recent estimate of $4 BILLION in export value.
What is Afghanistan?
This occurs when a drug no longer has the same effect and a higher dose is needed to sustain the original feelings.
What is tolerance?
This synthetic opioid painkiller is roughly 80 times more powerful than heroin.
What is Fentanyl?
In the US alone, an estimated 54 million people over the age of __?__ have used prescription drugs for nonmedical reasons in their lifetime.
What is age 12?
Two milligrams of the drug, which is equivalent to a few grains of table salt, is considered a deadly dose.
What is Fentanyl?
A non-addictive medication used to reverse an opioid overdose.
What is Naloxone?
Also known as prescription painkillers and are derived from the opium poppy plants.
What is an opioid?
Number of opioid related deaths in North Carolina in 2017.
What is 2,400?
72,000
What is the number of overdose deaths in the United States in 2017?
Some of the standard elements that are used to make this drug include drain cleaner, antifreeze, rat poison, battery acid, and kerosene.
What is Meth?
An illegal, highly addictive drug processed from morphine.
What is Heroin?
Prescription opioid overdose rates are highest among people ages:
a. 25 to 54 years.
b. 12 to 30 years.
c. 35 to 65 years.
What is a. 25-54 years?
Dry mouth, bad breath, teeth grinding, excessive sweating, scratching and picking at skin are all symptoms of which drug?
What is Meth?
Bone pain, nausea, diarrhea, and intense stomach cramps are considered ___?___.
What are withdrawal symptoms?
More than 30 percent of overdoses involving opioids also involve this, a synthetic prescription sedative commonly prescribed for anxiety.
What is Benzodiazepine's, or "benzo's", commonly known as Xanax or Valium?
Percent of Meth addictions that recover successfully.
What is 12%?
This is one of the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
What is Oxycodone?
Also known as OxyContin or Percocet
What percent of individuals who commit suicide have either a substance use disorder, a mental health disorder, or both
What is 90%?