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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Ativan abuse often results in dizziness, hallucinations, weakness, depression and poor motor coordination.
  • 11.6% of those arrested used crack in the previous week.
  • At least half of the suspects arrested for murder and assault were under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Depressants are widely used to relieve stress, induce sleep and relieve anxiety.
  • 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.
  • Pure Cocaine is extracted from the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca bush.
  • Meth causes severe paranoia episodes such as hallucinations and delusions.
  • Methamphetamine can be detected for 2-4 days in a person's system.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • It is estimated 20.4 million people age 12 or older have tried methamphetamine at sometime in their lives.
  • Valium is a drug that is used to manage anxiety disorders.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • In 2011, non-medical use of Alprazolam resulted in 123,744 emergency room visits.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.

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