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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Anti-Depressants are often combined with Alcohol, which increases the risk of poisoning and overdose.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.
  • Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
  • 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.
  • Oxycontin has risen by over 80% within three years.
  • Every day, we have over 8,100 NEW drug users in America. That's 3.1 million new users every year.
  • 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • 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.
  • Meth users often have bad teeth from poor oral hygiene, dry mouth as meth can crack and deteriorate teeth.
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • 93% of the world's opium supply came from Afghanistan.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Crystal meth comes in clear chunky crystals resembling ice and is most commonly smoked.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.

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