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Drug Facts

Gangs, whether street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs or even prison gangs, distribute more drugs on the streets of the U.S. than any other person or persons do.
Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
In 2010, U.S. Poison Control Centers received 304 calls regarding Bath Salts.
Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
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.
Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.
When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
Steroids damage hormones, causing guys to grow breasts and girls to grow beards and facial hair.
Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.
In 2011, over 800,000 Americans reported having an addiction to cocaine.
Drug addicts are not the only ones affected by drug addiction.

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