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Drug Facts

  • The effects of ecstasy are usually felt about 20 minutes to an hour after it's taken and last for around 6 hours.
  • Street gang members primarily turn cocaine into crack cocaine.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • Barbiturates can stay in one's system for 2-3 days.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Ketamine has risen by over 300% in the last ten years.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Subutex use has increased by over 66% within just two years.
  • In 2010, around 13 million people have abused methamphetamines in their life and approximately 350,000 people were regular users. This number increased by over 80,000 the following year.
  • 90% of Americans with a substance abuse problem started smoking marijuana, drinking or using other drugs before age 18.
  • Oxycodone stays in the system 1-10 days.
  • Long-term effects from use of crack cocaine include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • K2 and Spice are synthetic marijuana compounds, also known as cannabinoids.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.

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