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Drug Facts

  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • The United States consumes 80% of the world's pain medication while only having 6% of the world's population.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • Mescaline (AKA: Cactus, cactus buttons, cactus joint, mesc, mescal, mese, mezc, moon, musk, topi): occurs naturally in certain types of cactus plants, including the peyote cactus.
  • Some designer drugs have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • 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.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • In 2007, 33 counties in California reported the seizure of clandestine labs, compared with 21 counties reporting seizing labs in 2006.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Crack cocaine goes directly into the lungs because it is mostly smoked, delivering the high almost immediately.
  • There are innocent people behind bars because of the drug conspiracy laws.
  • There is holistic rehab, or natural, as opposed to traditional programs which may use drugs to treat addiction.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • 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.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.

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