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Drug Facts

  • In Russia, Krokodil is estimated to kill 30,000 people each year.
  • Approximately 3% of high school seniors say they have tried heroin at least once in the past year.
  • Women born after World War 2 were more inclined to become alcoholics than those born before 1943.
  • 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.
  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • Underage Drinking: Alcohol use by anyone under the age of 21. In the United States, the legal drinking age is 21.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
  • Penalties for possession, delivery and manufacturing of Ecstasy can include jail sentences of four years to life, and fines from $250,000 to $4 million, depending on the amount of the drug you have in your possession.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.
  • People who abuse anabolic steroids usually take them orally or inject them into the muscles.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • 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.
  • Meth can lead to your body overheating, to convulsions and to comas, eventually killing you.
  • Children, innocent drivers, families, the environment, all are affected by drug addiction even if they have never taken a drink or tried a drug.
  • Many people wrongly imprisoned under conspiracy laws are women who did nothing more than pick up a phone and take a message for their spouse, boyfriend, child or neighbor.
  • Many smokers say they have trouble cutting down on the amount of cigarettes they smoke. This is a sign of addiction.

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