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Drug Facts

  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • In 2011, over 800,000 Americans reported having an addiction to cocaine.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Deaths from Alcohol poisoning are most common among the ages 35-64.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.
  • The duration of cocaine's effects depends on the route of administration.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Studies show that 11 percent of male high schoolers have reported using Steroids at least once.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • 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.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Alcohol is a depressant derived from the fermentation of natural sugars in fruits, vegetables and grains.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.

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