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Drug Facts

  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • Even a single dose of heroin can start a person on the road to addiction.
  • In 2012, nearly 2.5 million individuals abused prescription drugs for the first time.
  • Increased or prolonged use of methamphetamine can cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure, paranoia, psychosis, aggression, disordered thinking, extreme mood swings and sometimes hallucinations.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Meth users often have bad teeth from poor oral hygiene, dry mouth as meth can crack and deteriorate teeth.
  • 93% of the world's opium supply came from Afghanistan.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misuing or abusing are prescription medications.3
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Two thirds of the people who abuse drugs or alcohol admit to being sexually molested when they were children.
  • Half of all Ambien related ER visits involved other drug interaction.
  • The United States produces on average 300 tons of barbiturates per year.

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