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Drug Facts

  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • In Russia, Krokodil is estimated to kill 30,000 people each year.
  • Ketamine is actually a tranquilizer most commonly used in veterinary practice on animals.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • Meth creates an immediate high that quickly fades. As a result, users often take it repeatedly, making it extremely addictive.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • The United States spends over 560 Billion Dollars for pain relief.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Women who have an abortion are more prone to turn to alcohol or drug abuse afterward.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • There were over 20,000 ecstasy-related emergency room visits in 2011
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • In 1906, Coca Cola removed Cocaine from the Coca leaves used to make its product.
  • Marijuana is actually dangerous, impacting the mind by causing memory loss and reducing ability.
  • Each year, over 5,000 people under the age of 21 die from Alcohol-related incidents in the U.S alone.
  • Rohypnol (The Date Rape Drug) is more commonly known as "roofies".
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.

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