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Drug Facts

  • Nearly 300,000 Americans received treatment for hallucinogens in 2011.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • 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.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Individuals with severe drug problems and or underlying mental health issues typically need longer in-patient drug treatment often times a minimum of 3 months is recommended.
  • Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication within the last month.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • Most users sniff or snort cocaine, although it can also be injected or smoked.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Methamphetamine can cause cardiac damage, elevates heart rate and blood pressure, and can cause a variety of cardiovascular problems, including rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, and increased blood pressure.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.
  • Subutex use has increased by over 66% within just two years.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Two thirds of the people who abuse drugs or alcohol admit to being sexually molested when they were children.
  • 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.
  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
  • Psychic side effects of hallucinogens include the disassociation of time and space.

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