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Drug Facts

  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Daily hashish users have a 50% chance of becoming fully dependent on it.
  • Nearly 23 Million people are in need of treatment for chemical dependency.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • Over 60% of teens report that drugs of some kind are kept, sold, and used at their school.
  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • By 8th grade, before even entering high school, approximately have of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 41% have smoked cigarettes and 20% have used marijuana.

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