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Drug Facts

  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • 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.
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • In the 20th Century Barbiturates were Prescribed as sedatives, anesthetics, anxiolytics, and anti-convulsants
  • 54% of high school seniors do not think regular steroid use is harmful, the lowest number since 1980, when the National Institute on Drug Abuse started asking about perception on steroids.
  • Stimulants are prescribed in the treatment of obesity.
  • Over 2.3 million people admitted to have abused Ketamine in their lifetime.
  • Authority receive over 10,500 reports of clonazepam abuse every year, and the rate is increasing.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misuing or abusing are prescription medications.3
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • The most prominent drugs being abused in Alabama and requiring rehabilitation were Marijuana, Alcohol and Cocaine in 2006 5,927 people were admitted for Marijuana, 3,446 for Alcohol and an additional 2,557 admissions for Cocaine and Crack.
  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Rohypnol (The Date Rape Drug) is more commonly known as "roofies".
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • Cocaine use can lead to death from respiratory (breathing) failure, stroke, cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain) or heart attack.

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