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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • In 2012, over 16 million adults were prescribed Adderall.
  • Abused by an estimated one in five teens, prescription drugs are second only to alcohol and marijuana as the substances they use to get high.
  • Between 2002 and 2006, over a half million of teens aged 12 to 17 had used inhalants.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Over 30 million people abuse Crystal Meth worldwide.
  • Colombia's drug trade is worth US$10 billion. That's one-quarter as much as the country's legal exports.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • From 1920- 1933, the illegal trade of Alcohol was a booming industry in the U.S., causing higher rates of crime than before.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.
  • Crack cocaine gets its name from how it breaks into little rocks after being produced.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.

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