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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • Cocaine stays in one's system for 1-5 days.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • Women who had an alcoholic parent are more likely to become an alcoholic than men who have an alcoholic parent.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • The coca leaf is mainly located in South America and its consumption has dated back to 3000 BC.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • Crystal Meth is commonly known as glass or ice.
  • Teens who start with alcohol are more likely to try cocaine than teens who do not drink.
  • LSD (AKA: Acid, blotter, cubes, microdot, yellow sunshine, blue heaven, Cid): an odorless, colorless chemical that comes from ergot, a fungus that grows on grains.
  • Crack comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow to pale rose or white.
  • 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.
  • Over 6 million people have ever admitted to using PCP in their lifetimes.

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