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Drug Facts

  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • 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.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Cocaine hydrochloride is most commonly snorted. It can also be injected, rubbed into the gums, added to drinks or food.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Believe it or not, marijuana is NOT a medicine.
  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • GHB is a popular drug at teen parties and "raves".
  • Ketamine can be swallowed, snorted or injected.
  • Steroids can stay in one's system for three weeks if taken orally and up to 3-6 months if injected.
  • Colombia's drug trade is worth US$10 billion. That's one-quarter as much as the country's legal exports.
  • 22.7 million people (as of 2007) have reported using LSD in their lifetime.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2

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