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Drug Facts

  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • Heroin can be injected, smoked or snorted
  • This Schedule IV Narcotic in the U.S. is often used as a date rape drug.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • There were over 1.8 million Americans 12 or older who used a hallucinogen or inhalant for the first time. (1.1 million among hallucinogens)
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • The same year, an Ohio man broke into a stranger's home to decorate for Christmas.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for sedatives.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • The generic form of Oxycontin poses a bigger threat to those who abuse it, raising the number of poison control center calls remarkably.
  • Over 600,000 people has been reported to have used ecstasy within the last month.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • Invisible drugs include coffee, tea, soft drinks, tobacco, beer and wine.
  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.
  • Methamphetamine usually comes in the form of a crystalline white powder that is odorless, bitter-tasting and dissolves easily in water or alcohol.

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