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Drug Facts

  • At least half of the suspects arrested for murder and assault were under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • People who abuse anabolic steroids usually take them orally or inject them into the muscles.
  • Bath salts contain man-made stimulants called cathinone's, which are like amphetamines.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • Nitrates are also inhalants that come in the form of leather cleaners and room deodorizers.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • Anti-Depressants are often combined with Alcohol, which increases the risk of poisoning and overdose.
  • MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) is a synthetic, mind-altering drug that acts both as a stimulant and a hallucinogenic.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Adderall was brought to the prescription drug market as a new way to treat A.D.H.D in 1996, slowly replacing Ritalin.
  • 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.
  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more quickly and thus brings an intense and immediatebut very short-livedhigh that lasts about fifteen minutes.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.

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