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Drug Facts

  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Drinking behavior in women differentiates according to their age; many resemble the pattern of their husbands, single friends or married friends, whichever is closest to their own lifestyle and age.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.
  • Ambien dissolves readily in water, becoming a popular date rape drug.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • Methadone accounts for nearly one third of opiate-associated deaths.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.
  • 3.3 million deaths, or 5.9 percent of all global deaths (7.6 percent for men and 4.0 percent for women), were attributable to alcohol consumption.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • 80% of methadone-related deaths were deemed accidental, even though most cases involved other drugs.
  • 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.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Ecstasy is sometimes mixed with substances such as rat poison.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.

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