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Drug Facts

  • In 2011, non-medical use of Alprazolam resulted in 123,744 emergency room visits.
  • The act in 1914 prohibited the import of coca leaves and Cocaine, except for pharmaceutical purposes.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Methamphetamine can be swallowed, snorted, smoked and injected by users.
  • Abused by an estimated one in five teens, prescription drugs are second only to alcohol and marijuana as the substances they use to get high.
  • Because it is smoked, the effects of crack cocaine are more immediate and more intense than that of powdered cocaine.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Inhalants are sniffed or breathed in where they are absorbed quickly by the lungs, this is commonly referred to as "huffing" or "bagging".
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Since 2000, non-illicit drugs such as oxycodone, fentanyl and methadone contribute more to overdose fatalities in Utah than illicit drugs such as heroin.
  • 49.8% of those arrested used crack in the past.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.
  • Drug use can interfere with the healthy birth of a baby.
  • Mescaline (AKA: Cactus, cactus buttons, cactus joint, mesc, mescal, mese, mezc, moon, musk, topi): occurs naturally in certain types of cactus plants, including the peyote cactus.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.

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