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Drug Facts

  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • Drug addicts are not the only ones affected by drug addiction.
  • Ecstasy causes hypothermia, which leads to muscle breakdown and could cause kidney failure.
  • Many people wrongly imprisoned under conspiracy laws are women who did nothing more than pick up a phone and take a message for their spouse, boyfriend, child or neighbor.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Some designer drugs have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • Adderall on the streets is known as: Addies, Study Drugs, the Smart Drug.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.

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