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Drug Facts

  • Second hand smoke can kill you. In the U.S. alone over 3,000 people die every year from cancer caused by second hand smoke.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that more than 9.5% of youths aged 12 to 17 in the US were current illegal drug users.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Crack cocaine is derived from powdered cocaine offering a euphoric high that is even more stimulating than powdered cocaine.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for tranquilizers.
  • 26.7% of 10th graders reported using Marijuana.
  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Drugs are divided into several groups, depending on how they are used.
  • The effects of ecstasy are usually felt about 20 minutes to an hour after it's taken and last for around 6 hours.

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