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Drug Facts

  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • 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.
  • Women born after World War 2 were more inclined to become alcoholics than those born before 1943.
  • 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.
  • Cocaine comes in two forms. One is a powder and the other is a rock. The rock form of cocaine is referred to as crack cocaine.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.
  • Approximately 1,800 people 12 and older tried cocaine for the first time in 2011.
  • The New Hampshire Department of Corrections reports 85 percent of inmates arrive at the state prison with a history of substance abuse.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for sedatives.
  • About 696,000 cases of student assault, are committed by student's who have been drinking.
  • Adderall is linked to cases of sudden death due to heart complications.
  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.
  • The generic form of Oxycontin poses a bigger threat to those who abuse it, raising the number of poison control center calls remarkably.
  • The number of Americans with an addiction to heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2011.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant that has been utilized and abused for ages.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2

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