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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Peyote is approximately 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.
  • Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs.
  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.
  • LSD disrupts the normal functioning of the brain, making you see images, hear sounds and feel sensations that seem real but aren't.
  • In 2007, 33 counties in California reported the seizure of clandestine labs, compared with 21 counties reporting seizing labs in 2006.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Drug addiction and abuse can be linked to at least of all major crimes committed in the United States.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.
  • Stimulants are prescribed in the treatment of obesity.
  • Cocaine use is highest among Americans aged 18 to 25.
  • Crack cocaine is the crystal form of cocaine, which normally comes in a powder form.
  • LSD can stay in one's system from a few hours to five days.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • 70% to 80% of the world's cocaine comes from Columbia.

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