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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • 92% of those who begin using Ecstasy later turn to other drugs including marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine and heroin.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Drug addiction and abuse costs the American taxpayers an average of $484 billion each year.
  • Children, innocent drivers, families, the environment, all are affected by drug addiction even if they have never taken a drink or tried a drug.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • 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.
  • Nitrous oxide is a medical gas that is referred to as "laughing gas" among users.
  • Approximately 35,000,000 Americans a year have been admitted into the hospital due abusing medications like Darvocet.
  • Young adults from 18-25 are 50% more than any other age group.
  • 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.
  • 13% of 9th graders report they have tried prescription painkillers to get high.
  • Cocaine only has an effect on a person for about an hour, which will lead a person to have to use cocaine many times through out the day.
  • Prescription medications are legal drugs.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 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.
  • Nationally, illicit drug use has more than doubled among 50-59-year-old since 2002
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • Ketamine is popular at dance clubs and "raves", unfortunately, some people (usually female) are not aware they have been dosed.

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