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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • Flashbacks can occur in people who have abused hallucinogens even months after they stop taking them.
  • Prolonged use of cocaine can cause ulcers in the nostrils.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Predatory drugs metabolize quickly so that they are not in the system when the victim is medically examined.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • US National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • 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.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • Crack comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow to pale rose or white.
  • More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.
  • Relapse is the return to drug use after an attempt to stop. Relapse indicates the need for more or different treatment.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • Ketamine is used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic. It is sometimes used illegally by people to get 'high'.

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