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Drug Facts

  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Ketamine has risen by over 300% in the last ten years.
  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Approximately, 57 percent of Steroid users have admitted to knowing that their lives could be shortened because of it.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • Today, it remains a very problematic and popular drug, as it's cheap to produce and much cheaper to purchase than powder cocaine.

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