Scary Facts About Addiction
This is the leading cause of accidental deaths in the United States.
What is overdose?
This substance is involved in nearly one in five overdose deaths; its health effects include asthma, bowel decay, and increased risk of HIV.
What is cocaine?
This alcoholic beverage was once believed to be a hallucinogen and was banned in the US and much of Europe by 1915.
What is absinthe?
While exercise can help to rid your body of toxins, drug metabolites are stored in your fat cells and released slowly over time making doing this to produce a negative drug test result a myth.
What is "sweating it out"?
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It has been claimed that this cigarette brand is so named because every so often, a consumer of the product would find a cannabis spliff in a pack of cigarettes.
What is Lucky Strike?
80% of heroin users started with this...
What is prescription medication?
This substance speeds up the body’s systems to dangerous levels. Chronic users experience anxiety, confusion, insomnia, paranoia, aggression, and more.
What is meth?
This legend was made famous at the 1969 Woodstock festival when concert-goers were warned to stay away from this substance that was allegedly bad.
What is "bad acid"?
Although this contains trace amounts of opiates, you would need to consume an unrealistic amount of it to test positive for opiates.
Originating in the 1930s, this allegation was that even the calmest, most average person could be transformed into a psychopathic killer or rapist solely from smoking a joint was called this.
What is Reefer Madness?
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A condition called Wet Brain Syndrome can be caused by this substance.
What is alcohol?
Highly addictive, these substances are the top cause of overdose deaths; health effects include confusion, nausea, constipation, coma, and brain damage.
What are prescription and illicit opioids?
This legend that frequently surfaces in American elementary and middle schools states that a temporary lick-and-stick tattoo made in the form of a blue star, or of popular children's cartoon characters, is being distributed to children in the area in order to get them addicted to this substance.
What is LSD?
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The idea that the acidic properties this can cleanse your system of drug metabolites is a myth.
What is vinegar or lemon juice?
This legend states that this drug, once inhaled, will re-crystallize in large amounts inside the lungs, damaging them in the process.
What is meth?
Substance use affects neuroreceptors that can stop this emotion.
What is happiness?
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This substance can cause permanent IQ loss of as much as 8 points when people start using it at a young age. These IQ points do not come back, even after stopping.
What is marijuana?
A number of rumors surfaced surrounding the cause of this action film star's death in 1973, one of which was that he had been killed by the consumption of cannabis.
Who is Bruce Lee?
Consuming excessive amounts of this before a drug test may seem like a plausible way to pass, but it is ineffective and potentially harmful.
What is water?
A commonly held misconception is that this substance is the same as embalming fluid. Some people, believing this myth, have actually attempted to smoke cigarettes or cannabis dipped in real embalming fluid (i.e. formaldehyde), which is highly toxic.
What is PCP?
This population demographic is at a higher risk for addiction to prescription medication.
What are women?
This psychoactive drug contains close to 500 chemicals, including a mind-altering compound that causes harmful health effects.
What is marijuana?
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There is an urban legend that a person who has used this substance more than seven times is automatically declared legally insane.
What is LSD?
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This myth says that consuming large doses of this vitamin urges marijuana from the system and/or speeds up its elimination from the body by increasing a person’s rate of metabolism.
What is vitamin B3?
One legend that is popular among both the drug and video gaming subcultures is that a component of this video game is actually based on psilocybin mushrooms.
What is Super Mario?