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Drug Facts

  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • Marijuana can stay in a person's system for 3-5 days, however, if you are a heavy user, it can be detected up to 30 days.
  • 1 in every 9 high school seniors has tried synthetic marijuana (also known as 'Spice' or 'K2').
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • 70% to 80% of the world's cocaine comes from Columbia.
  • 54% of high school seniors do not think regular steroid use is harmful, the lowest number since 1980, when the National Institute on Drug Abuse started asking about perception on steroids.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Nitrates are also inhalants that come in the form of leather cleaners and room deodorizers.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Bath Salt use has been linked to violent behavior, however not all stories are violent.
  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs.

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