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Drug Facts

  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • 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.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.
  • Cocaine comes in two forms. One is a powder and the other is a rock. The rock form of cocaine is referred to as crack cocaine.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • Nearly 2/3 of those found in addiction recovery centers report sexual or physical abuse as children.
  • Over 80% of individuals have confidence that prescription drug abuse will only continue to grow.
  • Statistics say that prohibition made Alcohol abuse worse, with more people drinking more than ever.
  • Drug use can interfere with the healthy birth of a baby.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Mushrooms (Psilocybin) (AKA: Simple Simon, shrooms, silly putty, sherms, musk, boomers): psilocybin is the hallucinogenic chemical found in approximately 190 species of edible mushrooms.
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • In the 20th Century Barbiturates were Prescribed as sedatives, anesthetics, anxiolytics, and anti-convulsants
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • Codeine is widely used in the U.S. by prescription and over the counter for use as a pain reliever and cough suppressant.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.

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