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Drug Facts

  • More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • Almost 50% of high school seniors have abused a drug of some kind.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • Methamphetamine usually comes in the form of a crystalline white powder that is odorless, bitter-tasting and dissolves easily in water or alcohol.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • Taking Steroids raises the risk of aggression and irritability to over 56 percent.
  • Over 13 million individuals abuse stimulants like Dexedrine.
  • Adderall was brought to the prescription drug market as a new way to treat A.D.H.D in 1996, slowly replacing Ritalin.
  • The euphoric feeling of cocaine is then followed by a crash filled with depression and paranoia.

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