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Drug Facts

  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • Alcohol-Impaired-Driving Fatality: A fatality in a crash involving a driver or motorcycle rider (operator) with a BAC of 0.08 g/dL or greater.
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • Crack cocaine is derived from powdered cocaine offering a euphoric high that is even more stimulating than powdered cocaine.
  • Crack cocaine was introduced into society in 1985.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • 70% to 80% of the world's cocaine comes from Columbia.
  • 64% of teens say they have used prescription pain killers that they got from a friend or family member.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • By 8th grade 15% of kids have used marijuana.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • Drug use can interfere with the healthy birth of a baby.
  • 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.
  • 80% of methadone-related deaths were deemed accidental, even though most cases involved other drugs.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.

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