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Drug Facts

  • LSD (AKA: Acid, blotter, cubes, microdot, yellow sunshine, blue heaven, Cid): an odorless, colorless chemical that comes from ergot, a fungus that grows on grains.
  • Barbiturates can stay in one's system for 2-3 days.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Approximately 1,800 people 12 and older tried cocaine for the first time in 2011.
  • Used illicitly, stimulants can lead to delirium and paranoia.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • 3 million people over the age of 12 have used methamphetamineand 529,000 of those are regular users.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • Long-term effects from use of crack cocaine include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases.
  • Meth has a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • 1/3 of teenagers who live in states with medical marijuana laws get their pot from other people's prescriptions.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.

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