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Drug Facts

  • Over 750,000 people have used LSD within the past year.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • One oxycodone pill can cost $80 on the street, compared to $3 to $5 for a bag of heroin. As addiction intensifies, many users end up turning to heroin.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Almost 1 in every 4 teens in America say they have misused or abused a prescription drug.3
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • 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.
  • Over 53 Million Oxycodone prescriptions are filled each year.
  • Stress is the number one factor in drug and alcohol abuse.
  • Heroin can be injected, smoked or snorted
  • Ativan is faster acting and more addictive than other Benzodiazepines.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • In 1993, inhalation (42%) was the most frequently used route of administration among primary Methamphetamine admissions.
  • 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.
  • Inhalants are a form of drug use that is entirely too easy to get and more lethal than kids comprehend.
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.

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