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Drug Facts

  • Marijuana can stay in a person's system for 3-5 days, however, if you are a heavy user, it can be detected up to 30 days.
  • Cigarettes can kill you and they are the leading preventable cause of death.
  • 3.3 million deaths, or 5.9 percent of all global deaths (7.6 percent for men and 4.0 percent for women), were attributable to alcohol consumption.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • An estimated 20 percent of U.S. college students are afflicted with Alcoholism.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Colombia's drug trade is worth US$10 billion. That's one-quarter as much as the country's legal exports.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • 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.
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • Penalties for possession, delivery and manufacturing of Ecstasy can include jail sentences of four years to life, and fines from $250,000 to $4 million, depending on the amount of the drug you have in your possession.
  • Taking Ecstasy can cause liver failure.
  • Crystal meth comes in clear chunky crystals resembling ice and is most commonly smoked.
  • The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.
  • Out of every 100 people who try, only between 5 and 10 will actually be able to stop smoking on their own.

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