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Drug Facts

  • Each year, over 5,000 people under the age of 21 die from Alcohol-related incidents in the U.S alone.
  • 10 to 22% of automobile accidents involve drivers who are using drugs.
  • An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.
  • 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
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Studies show that 11 percent of male high schoolers have reported using Steroids at least once.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • Emergency room admissions due to Subutex abuse has risen by over 200% in just three years.
  • Almost 38 million people have admitted to have used cocaine in their lifetime.
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • Underage Drinking: Alcohol use by anyone under the age of 21. In the United States, the legal drinking age is 21.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.

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