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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  • Drug addiction and abuse costs the American taxpayers an average of $484 billion each year.
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • More than 10 percent of U.S. children live with a parent with alcohol problems.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous and potent drugs, with the great potential of causing seizures and heart-related injuries such as stopping the heart, whether one is a short term or long term user.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.
  • There have been over 1.2 million people admitting to using using methamphetamine within the past year.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • Predatory drugs are drugs used to gain sexual advantage over the victim they include: Rohypnol (date rape drug), GHB and Ketamine.
  • 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).
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • In 1904, Barbiturates were introduced for further medicinal purposes
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • In the 20th Century Barbiturates were Prescribed as sedatives, anesthetics, anxiolytics, and anti-convulsants

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