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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • Cocaine has long been used for its ability to boost energy, relieve fatigue and lessen hunger.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • PCP (known as Angel Dust) stays in the system 1-8 days.
  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • By June 2011, the PCC had received over 3,470 calls about Bath Salts.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • Nearly 6,700 people each day abused a psychotropic medication for the first time.
  • Babies can be born addicted to drugs.
  • Approximately 28% of teens know at least one person who has used Ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one person who has tried it.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Women are at a higher risk than men for liver damage, brain damage and heart damage due to alcohol intake.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • Ambien, the commonly prescribed sleep aid, is also known as Zolpidem.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • In 2007, methamphetamine lab seizures increased slightly in California, but remained considerably low compared to years past.

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