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Drug Facts

  • Codeine is widely used in the U.S. by prescription and over the counter for use as a pain reliever and cough suppressant.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • Synthetic drug stimulants, also known as cathinones, mimic the effects of ecstasy or MDMA. Bath salts and Molly are examples of synthetic cathinones.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • Bath Salts cause brain swelling, delirium, seizures, liver failure and heart attacks.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • Adverse effects from Ambien rose nearly 220 percent from 2005 to 2010.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Street amphetamine: bennies, black beauties, copilots, eye-openers, lid poppers, pep pills, speed, uppers, wake-ups, and white crosses28
  • In Hamilton County, 7,300 people were served by street outreach, emergency shelter and transitional housing programs in 2007, according to the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care for the Homeless.
  • 93% of the world's opium supply came from Afghanistan.

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