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Drug Facts

  • In 2010, 42,274 emergency rooms visits were due to Ambien.
  • Some designer drugs have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • Nicknames for Alprazolam include Alprax, Kalma, Nu-Alpraz, and Tranax.
  • LSD (or its full name: lysergic acid diethylamide) is a potent hallucinogen that dramatically alters your thoughts and your perception of reality.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker has been using a depressant such as alcohol; however, if the tweaker has been using a depressant, his or her negative feelings - including paranoia and frustration - can increase substantially.
  • Crack cocaine is the crystal form of cocaine, which normally comes in a powder form.
  • These days, taking pills is acceptable: there is the feeling that there is a "pill for everything".
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • Opiate-based abuse causes over 17,000 deaths annually.
  • Between 2002 and 2006, over a half million of teens aged 12 to 17 had used inhalants.
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.

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