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Drug Facts

  • 7.6% of teens use the prescription drug Aderall.
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • 1 in 5 adolescents have admitted to using tranquilizers for nonmedical purposes.
  • One oxycodone pill can cost $80 on the street, compared to $3 to $5 for a bag of heroin. As addiction intensifies, many users end up turning to heroin.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • 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.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • The Barbituric acid compound was made from malonic apple acid and animal urea.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.
  • 93% of the world's opium supply came from Afghanistan.
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous and potent drugs, with the great potential of causing seizures and heart-related injuries such as stopping the heart, whether one is a short term or long term user.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • Sniffing paint is a common form of inhalant abuse.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • 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.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • The generic form of Oxycontin poses a bigger threat to those who abuse it, raising the number of poison control center calls remarkably.

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