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Drug Facts

  • In 1981, Alprazolam released to the United States drug market.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug.
  • Drug addiction and abuse can be linked to at least of all major crimes committed in the United States.
  • Other psychological symptoms include manic behavior, psychosis (losing touch with reality) and aggression, commonly known as 'Roid Rage'.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • 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.
  • 64% of teens say they have used prescription pain killers that they got from a friend or family member.
  • Never, absolutely NEVER, buy drugs over the internet. It is not as safe as walking into a pharmacy. You honestly do not know what you are going to get or who is going to intervene in the online message.
  • Invisible drugs include coffee, tea, soft drinks, tobacco, beer and wine.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Around 16 million people at this time are abusing prescription medications.
  • Nicotine stays in the system for 1-2 days.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • Dilaudid, considered eight times more potent than morphine, is often called 'drug store heroin' on the streets.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • 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.

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