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Drug Facts

  • In 2012, nearly 2.5 million individuals abused prescription drugs for the first time.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Younger war veterans (ages 18-25) have a higher likelihood of succumbing to a drug or alcohol addiction.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Other psychological symptoms include manic behavior, psychosis (losing touch with reality) and aggression, commonly known as 'Roid Rage'.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • Heroin stays in a person's system 1-10 days.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • Production and trafficking soared again in the 1990's in relation to organized crime in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.

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