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Drug Facts

  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • 18 percent of drivers killed in a crash tested positive for at least one drug.
  • More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Cocaine hydrochloride is most commonly snorted. It can also be injected, rubbed into the gums, added to drinks or food.
  • 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.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • LSD (AKA: Acid, blotter, cubes, microdot, yellow sunshine, blue heaven, Cid): an odorless, colorless chemical that comes from ergot, a fungus that grows on grains.
  • Heroin stays in a person's system 1-10 days.
  • In 2011, a Pennsylvania couple stabbed the walls in their apartment to attack the '90 people living in their walls.'
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • There are approximately 5,000 LSD-related emergency room visits per year.
  • In 2007, 33 counties in California reported the seizure of clandestine labs, compared with 21 counties reporting seizing labs in 2006.
  • In 2012, over 16 million adults were prescribed Adderall.
  • There were over 1.8 million Americans 12 or older who used a hallucinogen or inhalant for the first time. (1.1 million among hallucinogens)
  • Methadone can stay in a person's system for 1- 14 days.

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