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Drug Facts

  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • Ambien, the commonly prescribed sleep aid, is also known as Zolpidem.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • In 2014, there were over 39,000 unintentional drug overdose deaths in the United States
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP. The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 1/3 of teenagers who live in states with medical marijuana laws get their pot from other people's prescriptions.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.
  • 'Crack' is Cocaine cooked into rock form by processing it with ammonia or baking soda.
  • Street amphetamine: bennies, black beauties, copilots, eye-openers, lid poppers, pep pills, speed, uppers, wake-ups, and white crosses28
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • In the early 1900s snorting Cocaine was popular, until the drug was banned by the Harrison Act in 1914.
  • 10 million people aged 12 or older reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.

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