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Drug Facts

  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • Over 13 million Americans have admitted to abusing CNS stimulants.
  • Snorting drugs can create loss of sense of smell, nosebleeds, frequent runny nose, and problems with swallowing.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Taking Ecstasy can cause liver failure.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • In Hamilton County, 7,300 people were served by street outreach, emergency shelter and transitional housing programs in 2007, according to the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care for the Homeless.
  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • In treatment, the drug abuser is taught to break old patterns of behavior, action and thinking. All While learning new skills for avoiding drug use and criminal behavior.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.

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