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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Drug addiction treatment programs are available for each specific type of drug from marijuana to heroin to cocaine to prescription medication.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • 13% of 9th graders report they have tried prescription painkillers to get high.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970's.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • Cocaine only has an effect on a person for about an hour, which will lead a person to have to use cocaine many times through out the day.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.
  • Because it is smoked, the effects of crack cocaine are more immediate and more intense than that of powdered cocaine.
  • At this time, medical professionals recommended amphetamine as a cure for a range of ailmentsalcohol hangover, narcolepsy, depression, weight reduction, hyperactivity in children, and vomiting associated with pregnancy.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.

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