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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • The number of habitual cocaine users has declined by 75% since 1986, but it's still a popular drug for many people.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • Meth creates an immediate high that quickly fades. As a result, users often take it repeatedly, making it extremely addictive.
  • These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker has been using a depressant such as alcohol; however, if the tweaker has been using a depressant, his or her negative feelings - including paranoia and frustration - can increase substantially.
  • Believe it or not, marijuana is NOT a medicine.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • 8.6% of 12th graders have used hallucinogens 4% report on using LSD specifically.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.

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