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Drug Facts

  • Depressants are widely used to relieve stress, induce sleep and relieve anxiety.
  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.
  • Because it is smoked, the effects of crack cocaine are more immediate and more intense than that of powdered cocaine.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.
  • 18 percent of drivers killed in a crash tested positive for at least one drug.
  • 3.3 million deaths, or 5.9 percent of all global deaths (7.6 percent for men and 4.0 percent for women), were attributable to alcohol consumption.
  • Hallucinogens (also known as 'psychedelics') can make a person see, hear, smell, feel or taste things that aren't really there or are different from how they are in reality.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.
  • 92% of those who begin using Ecstasy later turn to other drugs including marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine and heroin.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Crack cocaine is derived from powdered cocaine offering a euphoric high that is even more stimulating than powdered cocaine.
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
  • 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.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • In 2007, methamphetamine lab seizures increased slightly in California, but remained considerably low compared to years past.

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