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Drug Facts

  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • From 1920- 1933, the illegal trade of Alcohol was a booming industry in the U.S., causing higher rates of crime than before.
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • 50% of teens believe that taking prescription drugs is much safer than using illegal street drugs.
  • In 1904, Barbiturates were introduced for further medicinal purposes
  • A stimulant is a drug that provides users with added energy and contentment.
  • Over 60% of all deaths from overdose are attributed to prescription drug abuse.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • 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.
  • Every day, we have over 8,100 NEW drug users in America. That's 3.1 million new users every year.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • 49.8% of those arrested used crack in the past.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • Stimulants can increase energy and enhance self esteem.

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