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Drug Facts

  • Crack cocaine was introduced into society in 1985.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • 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.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • 45%of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • Daily hashish users have a 50% chance of becoming fully dependent on it.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Babies can be born addicted to drugs.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP. The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • One oxycodone pill can cost $80 on the street, compared to $3 to $5 for a bag of heroin. As addiction intensifies, many users end up turning to heroin.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • 3 million people over the age of 12 have used methamphetamineand 529,000 of those are regular users.
  • Bath Salt use has been linked to violent behavior, however not all stories are violent.

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