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Drug Facts

  • Stress is the number one factor in drug and alcohol abuse.
  • 88% of people using anti-psychotics are also abusing other substances.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • 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.
  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • In Alabama during the year 2006 a total of 20,340 people were admitted to Drug rehab or Alcohol rehab programs.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • In 1904, Barbiturates were introduced for further medicinal purposes
  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Over 600,000 people has been reported to have used ecstasy within the last month.
  • These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker has been using a depressant such as alcohol; however, if the tweaker has been using a depressant, his or her negative feelings - including paranoia and frustration - can increase substantially.
  • Each year, over 5,000 people under the age of 21 die from Alcohol-related incidents in the U.S alone.
  • 300 tons of barbiturates are produced legally in the U.S. every year.
  • Methamphetamine can cause cardiac damage, elevates heart rate and blood pressure, and can cause a variety of cardiovascular problems, including rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, and increased blood pressure.
  • Smoking crack cocaine can lead to sudden death by means of a heart attack or stroke right then.

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