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Drug Facts

  • Heroin can be injected, smoked or snorted
  • By the 8th grade, 28% of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 15% have smoked cigarettes, and 16.5% have used marijuana.
  • Nearly 2/3 of those found in addiction recovery centers report sexual or physical abuse as children.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • Ritalin and related 'hyperactivity' type drugs can be found almost anywhere.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • After hitting the market, Ativan was used to treat insomnia, vertigo, seizures, and alcohol withdrawal.
  • 10 to 22% of automobile accidents involve drivers who are using drugs.
  • Approximately 122,000 people have admitted to using PCP in the past year.
  • Some effects from of long-acting barbiturates can last up to two days.
  • 90% of Americans with a substance abuse problem started smoking marijuana, drinking or using other drugs before age 18.
  • Crack cocaine earned the nickname crack because of the cracking sound it makes when it is heated.
  • Psychic side effects of hallucinogens include the disassociation of time and space.
  • 12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.1
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Steroids can stay in one's system for three weeks if taken orally and up to 3-6 months if injected.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • 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.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.

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