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Drug Facts

  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Steroids can stay in one's system for three weeks if taken orally and up to 3-6 months if injected.
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Marijuana had the highest rates of dependence out of all illicit substances in 2011.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • 6.8 million people with an addiction have a mental illness.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • In 2009, a Wisconsin man sleepwalked outside and froze to death after taking Ambien.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • Within the last ten years' rates of Demerol abuse have risen by nearly 200%.
  • Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970's.
  • After hitting the market, Ativan was used to treat insomnia, vertigo, seizures, and alcohol withdrawal.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.

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