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Drug Facts

  • Opiates work well to relieve pain. But you can get addicted to them quickly, if you don't use them correctly.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • Crack cocaine goes directly into the lungs because it is mostly smoked, delivering the high almost immediately.
  • There is holistic rehab, or natural, as opposed to traditional programs which may use drugs to treat addiction.
  • Teens who start with alcohol are more likely to try cocaine than teens who do not drink.
  • The Department of Justice listed the Chicago metro area as the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments.
  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • Substance abuse and addiction also affects other areas, such as broken families, destroyed careers, death due to negligence or accident, domestic violence, physical abuse, and child abuse.
  • Crack cocaine earned the nickname crack because of the cracking sound it makes when it is heated.
  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • Younger war veterans (ages 18-25) have a higher likelihood of succumbing to a drug or alcohol addiction.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Mixing Ambien with alcohol can cause respiratory distress, coma and death.
  • War veterans often turn to drugs and alcohol to forget what they went through during combat.
  • 12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.1
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.

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