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Drug Facts

  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • Some common street names for Amphetamines include: speed, uppers, black mollies, blue mollies, Benz and wake ups.
  • By the 8th grade, 28% of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 15% have smoked cigarettes, and 16.5% have used marijuana.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • 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.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • Even a single dose of heroin can start a person on the road to addiction.
  • By 8th grade 15% of kids have used marijuana.
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • Today, it remains a very problematic and popular drug, as it's cheap to produce and much cheaper to purchase than powder cocaine.

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