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Drug Facts

  • Gangs, whether street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs or even prison gangs, distribute more drugs on the streets of the U.S. than any other person or persons do.
  • Long-term effects from use of crack cocaine include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases.
  • A binge is uncontrolled use of a drug or alcohol.
  • 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.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant that has been utilized and abused for ages.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • In 1906, Coca Cola removed Cocaine from the Coca leaves used to make its product.
  • Ecstasy use has been 12 times more prevalent since it became known as club drug.
  • Cocaine hydrochloride is most commonly snorted. It can also be injected, rubbed into the gums, added to drinks or food.
  • Amphetamines + alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines: the body is placed under a high degree of stress as it attempts to deal with the conflicting effects of both types of drugs, which can lead to an overdose.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Each year Alcohol use results in nearly 2,000 college student's deaths.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • Nearly 300,000 Americans received treatment for hallucinogens in 2011.
  • Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more quickly and thus brings an intense and immediatebut very short-livedhigh that lasts about fifteen minutes.
  • Ecstasy causes hypothermia, which leads to muscle breakdown and could cause kidney failure.
  • Women in bars can suffer from sexually aggressive acts if they are drinking heavily.
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.

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