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Drug Facts

  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Alcohol is a depressant derived from the fermentation of natural sugars in fruits, vegetables and grains.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • Taking Steroids raises the risk of aggression and irritability to over 56 percent.
  • 7.5 million have used cocaine at least once in their life, 3.5 million in the last year and 1.5 million in the past month.
  • 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.
  • Almost 1 in every 4 teens in America say they have misused or abused a prescription drug.3
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • Aerosols are a form of inhalants that include vegetable oil, hair spray, deodorant and spray paint.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • 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.
  • Women who had an alcoholic parent are more likely to become an alcoholic than men who have an alcoholic parent.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • 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.

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