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Drug Facts

  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • Nearly 2/3 of those found in addiction recovery centers report sexual or physical abuse as children.
  • Use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafejust like driving after drinking alcohol.
  • 'Crack' is Cocaine cooked into rock form by processing it with ammonia or baking soda.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • Crack comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow to pale rose or white.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • One in five adolescents have admitted to abusing inhalants.
  • Nationally, illicit drug use has more than doubled among 50-59-year-old since 2002
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • In 1860, the United States was home to 1,138 Alcohol distilleries that produced over 88 million gallons each year.
  • Almost 38 million people have admitted to have used cocaine in their lifetime.
  • In 2011, over 65 million doses of Krokodil were seized within just three months.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.

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