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Drug Facts

  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • 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.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • By 8th grade 15% of kids have used marijuana.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive drug and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is also known as Big H, Black Tar, Chiva, Hell Dust, Horse, Negra, Smack,Thunder
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misuing or abusing are prescription medications.3
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • 90% of Americans with a substance abuse problem started smoking marijuana, drinking or using other drugs before age 18.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Alcohol is a sedative.
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.

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