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Drug Facts

  • 1 in every 9 high school seniors has tried synthetic marijuana (also known as 'Spice' or 'K2').
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • In Russia, Krokodil is estimated to kill 30,000 people each year.
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • Methamphetamine can cause cardiac damage, elevates heart rate and blood pressure, and can cause a variety of cardiovascular problems, including rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, and increased blood pressure.
  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
  • It is estimated 20.4 million people age 12 or older have tried methamphetamine at sometime in their lives.
  • Barbiturates can stay in one's system for 2-3 days.
  • The number of Americans with an addiction to heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2011.
  • Methamphetamine usually comes in the form of a crystalline white powder that is odorless, bitter-tasting and dissolves easily in water or alcohol.
  • Within the last ten years' rates of Demerol abuse have risen by nearly 200%.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • In treatment, the drug abuser is taught to break old patterns of behavior, action and thinking. All While learning new skills for avoiding drug use and criminal behavior.
  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.

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