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Drug Facts

  • Penalties for possession, delivery and manufacturing of Ecstasy can include jail sentences of four years to life, and fines from $250,000 to $4 million, depending on the amount of the drug you have in your possession.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • GHB is a popular drug at teen parties and "raves".
  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • Hallucinogen rates have risen by over 30% over the past twenty years.
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • A biochemical abnormality in the liver forms in 80 percent of Steroid users.
  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.
  • 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.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Street names for fentanyl or for fentanyl-laced heroin include Apache, China Girl, China White, Dance Fever, Friend, Goodfella, Jackpot, Murder 8, TNT, and Tango and Cash.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Women in bars can suffer from sexually aggressive acts if they are drinking heavily.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • Approximately 28% of teens know at least one person who has used Ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one person who has tried it.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.

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