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Drug Facts

  • Crack cocaine is derived from powdered cocaine offering a euphoric high that is even more stimulating than powdered cocaine.
  • LSD can stay in one's system from a few hours to five days.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Smoking crack cocaine can lead to sudden death by means of a heart attack or stroke right then.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Emergency room admissions due to Subutex abuse has risen by over 200% in just three years.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • 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.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • Nearly 6,700 people each day abused a psychotropic medication for the first time.
  • An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Mescaline (AKA: Cactus, cactus buttons, cactus joint, mesc, mescal, mese, mezc, moon, musk, topi): occurs naturally in certain types of cactus plants, including the peyote cactus.

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