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Drug Facts

  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • Cocaine causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • Most people try heroin for the first time in their late teens or early 20s. Anyone can become addictedall races, genders, and ethnicities.
  • About one in ten Americans over the age of 12 take an Anti-Depressant.
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • An estimated 88,0009 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women9) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Women who have an abortion are more prone to turn to alcohol or drug abuse afterward.
  • 33.1 percent of 15-year-olds report that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives.
  • Crack Cocaine is the riskiest form of a Cocaine substance.
  • 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.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.

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