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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Some effects from of long-acting barbiturates can last up to two days.
  • Most users sniff or snort cocaine, although it can also be injected or smoked.
  • These days, taking pills is acceptable: there is the feeling that there is a "pill for everything".
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Stress is the number one factor in drug and alcohol abuse.
  • Women are at a higher risk than men for liver damage, brain damage and heart damage due to alcohol intake.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • 60% of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15.
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • 10 to 22% of automobile accidents involve drivers who are using drugs.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.

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