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Drug Facts

  • Aerosols are a form of inhalants that include vegetable oil, hair spray, deodorant and spray paint.
  • 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.
  • Nitrous oxide is a medical gas that is referred to as "laughing gas" among users.
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • Street names for fentanyl or for fentanyl-laced heroin include Apache, China Girl, China White, Dance Fever, Friend, Goodfella, Jackpot, Murder 8, TNT, and Tango and Cash.
  • 60% of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • Rohypnol has no odor or taste so it can be put into someone's drink without being detected, which has lead to it being called the "Date Rape Drug".
  • High dosages of ketamine can lead to the feeling of an out of body experience or even death.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • Approximately 35,000,000 Americans a year have been admitted into the hospital due abusing medications like Darvocet.
  • About one in ten Americans over the age of 12 take an Anti-Depressant.
  • 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.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Nearly 300,000 Americans received treatment for hallucinogens in 2011.
  • 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.
  • Out of all the benzodiazepine emergency room visits 78% of individuals are using other substances.
  • Other psychological symptoms include manic behavior, psychosis (losing touch with reality) and aggression, commonly known as 'Roid Rage'.

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