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Drug Facts

  • Heroin stays in a person's system 1-10 days.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • The United States consumes over 75% of the world's prescription medications.
  • The coca leaf is mainly located in South America and its consumption has dated back to 3000 BC.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
  • Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • Drugs and alcohol do not discriminate no matter what your gender, race, age or political affiliation addiction can affect you if you let it.
  • Ecstasy can cause you to drink too much water when not needed, which upsets the salt balance in your body.
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • Ritalin is easy to get, and cheap.
  • 26.9 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they engaged in binge drinking in the past month.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous and potent drugs, with the great potential of causing seizures and heart-related injuries such as stopping the heart, whether one is a short term or long term user.
  • 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.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.

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