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Drug Facts

  • Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Rock, Kryptonite, Base, Sugar Block, Hard Rock, Apple Jacks, and Topo (Spanish) are popular terms used for Crack Cocaine.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • Crystal meth is a stimulant that can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Millions of dollars per month are spent trafficking illegal drugs.
  • 11.6% of those arrested used crack in the previous week.
  • 300 tons of barbiturates are produced legally in the U.S. every year.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • Soon following its introduction, Cocaine became a common household drug.
  • Crack cocaine is derived from powdered cocaine offering a euphoric high that is even more stimulating than powdered cocaine.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • A stimulant is a drug that provides users with added energy and contentment.

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