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Drug Facts

  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • Barbiturate Overdose is known to result in Pneumonia, severe muscle damage, coma and death.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • 45%of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.
  • Authority obtains over 10,500 accounts of clonazepam abuse annually.
  • In 1993, inhalation (42%) was the most frequently used route of administration among primary Methamphetamine admissions.
  • Methadone accounts for nearly one third of opiate-associated deaths.
  • Crystal meth comes in clear chunky crystals resembling ice and is most commonly smoked.
  • 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.
  • 1.3% of high school seniors have tired bath salts.
  • 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.
  • The number of Americans with an addiction to heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2011.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.

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