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Drug Facts

  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • 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.
  • Second hand smoke can kill you. In the U.S. alone over 3,000 people die every year from cancer caused by second hand smoke.
  • In the year 2006 a total of 13,693 people were admitted to Drug rehab or Alcohol rehab programs in Arkansas.
  • 9% of teens in a recent study reported using prescription pain relievers not prescribed for them in the past year, and 5% (1 in 20) reported doing so in the past month.3
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • Medial drugs include prescription medication, cold and allergy meds, pain relievers and antibiotics.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Heroin stays in a person's system 1-10 days.
  • These days, taking pills is acceptable: there is the feeling that there is a "pill for everything".
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Ecstasy can cause you to drink too much water when not needed, which upsets the salt balance in your body.
  • 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.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • The coca leaf is mainly located in South America and its consumption has dated back to 3000 BC.
  • 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.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • Krododil users rarely live more than one year after taking it.

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