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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • PCP (known as Angel Dust) stays in the system 1-8 days.
  • 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'.
  • 54% of high school seniors do not think regular steroid use is harmful, the lowest number since 1980, when the National Institute on Drug Abuse started asking about perception on steroids.
  • 80% of methadone-related deaths were deemed accidental, even though most cases involved other drugs.
  • Marijuana is actually dangerous, impacting the mind by causing memory loss and reducing ability.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.1
  • Snorting drugs can create loss of sense of smell, nosebleeds, frequent runny nose, and problems with swallowing.
  • Crack cocaine goes directly into the lungs because it is mostly smoked, delivering the high almost immediately.
  • Stimulant drugs, such as Adderall, are the second most abused drug on college campuses, next to Marijuana.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug.
  • Smoking crack cocaine can lead to sudden death by means of a heart attack or stroke right then.
  • Over 200,000 people have abused Ketamine within the past year.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Using Crack Cocaine, even once, can result in life altering addiction.
  • Taking Ecstasy can cause liver failure.
  • Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide and manufactures 74% of illicit opiates. However, Mexico is the leading supplier to the U.S
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.

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