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Drug Facts

  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Oxycodone comes in a number of forms including capsules, tablets, liquid and suppositories. It also comes in a variety of strengths.
  • The United States spends over 560 Billion Dollars for pain relief.
  • 7.6% of teens use the prescription drug Aderall.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Disability-Adjusted Life-Years (DALYs): A measure of years of life lost or lived in less than full health.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • A binge is uncontrolled use of a drug or alcohol.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Coke Bugs or Snow Bugs are an illusion of bugs crawling underneath one's skin and often experienced by Crack Cocaine users.
  • Most users sniff or snort cocaine, although it can also be injected or smoked.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • In 2010, around 13 million people have abused methamphetamines in their life and approximately 350,000 people were regular users. This number increased by over 80,000 the following year.

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