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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.
  • An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • The most prominent drugs being abused in Alabama and requiring rehabilitation were Marijuana, Alcohol and Cocaine in 2006 5,927 people were admitted for Marijuana, 3,446 for Alcohol and an additional 2,557 admissions for Cocaine and Crack.
  • Two thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers got them from family or friends, often without their knowledge, such as stealing them from the medicine cabinet.
  • Rates of K2 Spice use have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Alprazolam is held accountable for about 125,000 emergency-room visits each year.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Drug addiction treatment programs are available for each specific type of drug from marijuana to heroin to cocaine to prescription medication.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Oxycodone stays in the system 1-10 days.
  • In 2007 The California Department of Toxic Substance Control was responsible for clandestine meth lab cleanup costs in Butte County totaling $26,876.00.
  • Ativan abuse often results in dizziness, hallucinations, weakness, depression and poor motor coordination.
  • There were over 1.8 million Americans 12 or older who used a hallucinogen or inhalant for the first time. (1.1 million among hallucinogens)
  • Nicotine stays in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • Abused by an estimated one in five teens, prescription drugs are second only to alcohol and marijuana as the substances they use to get high.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.

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