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Drug Facts

  • Synthetic drugs, also referred to as designer or club drugs, are chemically-created in a lab to mimic another drug such as marijuana, cocaine or morphine.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Cocaine can be snorted, injected, sniffed or smoked.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • 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 is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • 15.2% of 8th graders report they have used Marijuana.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Adderall originally came about by accident.
  • In 2007, 33 counties in California reported the seizure of clandestine labs, compared with 21 counties reporting seizing labs in 2006.
  • 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.

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