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Drug Facts

  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Methamphetamine has many nicknamesmeth, crank, chalk or speed being the most common.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Every day in America, approximately 10 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are diagnosed with HIV/AIDSand many of them are infected through risky behaviors associated with drug use.
  • Babies can be born addicted to drugs.
  • Predatory drugs metabolize quickly so that they are not in the system when the victim is medically examined.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant made from the coca plant.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • 33.1 percent of 15-year-olds report that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Ketamine hydrochloride, or 'K,' is a powerful anesthetic designed for use during operations and medical procedures.
  • Over 10 million people have used methamphetamine at least once in their lifetime.
  • Drug addiction and abuse can be linked to at least of all major crimes committed in the United States.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.
  • Steroids are often abused by those who want to build muscle mass.
  • Within the last ten years' rates of Demerol abuse have risen by nearly 200%.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.

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