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Drug Facts

  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • Bath Salts attributed to approximately 22,000 ER visits in 2011.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • 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.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Victims of predatory drugs often do not realize taking the drug or remember the sexual assault taking place.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug.
  • Ketamine is actually a tranquilizer most commonly used in veterinary practice on animals.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • In Russia, Krokodil is estimated to kill 30,000 people each year.
  • Nearly 2/3 of those found in addiction recovery centers report sexual or physical abuse as children.
  • 1 in 5 adolescents have admitted to using tranquilizers for nonmedical purposes.
  • Sniffing paint is a common form of inhalant abuse.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Nationally, illicit drug use has more than doubled among 50-59-year-old since 2002
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.

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