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Drug Facts

  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 45%of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • In 2014, over 913,000 people were reported to be addicted to cocaine.
  • Disability-Adjusted Life-Years (DALYs): A measure of years of life lost or lived in less than full health.
  • 15.2% of 8th graders report they have used Marijuana.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.

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