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Drug Facts

  • The New Hampshire Department of Corrections reports 85 percent of inmates arrive at the state prison with a history of substance abuse.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • 88% of people using anti-psychotics are also abusing other substances.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • Approximately 28% of teens know at least one person who has used Ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one person who has tried it.
  • A stimulant is a drug that provides users with added energy and contentment.
  • Synthetic drug stimulants, also known as cathinones, mimic the effects of ecstasy or MDMA. Bath salts and Molly are examples of synthetic cathinones.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • 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
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • Sniffing gasoline is a common form of abusing inhalants and can be lethal.
  • Street names for fentanyl or for fentanyl-laced heroin include Apache, China Girl, China White, Dance Fever, Friend, Goodfella, Jackpot, Murder 8, TNT, and Tango and Cash.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • 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.
  • There are programs for alcohol addiction.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.

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