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Drug Facts

  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • 75% of most designer drugs are consumed by adolescents and younger adults.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • Methamphetamine can be swallowed, snorted, smoked and injected by users.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • 11.6% of those arrested used crack in the previous week.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • A syringe of morphine was, in a very real sense, a magic wand,' states David Courtwright in Dark Paradise. '
  • Subutex use has increased by over 66% within just two years.

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