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Drug Facts

  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Cigarettes contain nicotine which is highly addictive.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • Alcohol can impair hormone-releasing glands causing them to alter, which can lead to dangerous medical conditions.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Some effects from of long-acting barbiturates can last up to two days.
  • Psychic side effects of hallucinogens include the disassociation of time and space.
  • Ecstasy causes hypothermia, which leads to muscle breakdown and could cause kidney failure.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Most users sniff or snort cocaine, although it can also be injected or smoked.
  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • 6.8 million people with an addiction have a mental illness.
  • Coke Bugs or Snow Bugs are an illusion of bugs crawling underneath one's skin and often experienced by Crack Cocaine users.
  • In 2013, more high school seniors regularly used marijuana than cigarettes as 22.7% smoked pot in the last month, compared to 16.3% who smoked cigarettes.
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous drugs known to man.

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