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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.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Crack cocaine is derived from powdered cocaine offering a euphoric high that is even more stimulating than powdered cocaine.
  • Stimulants are found in every day household items such as tobacco, nicotine and daytime cough medicine.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • Over 20 million Americans over the age of 12 have an addiction (excluding tobacco).
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication within the last month.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Daily hashish users have a 50% chance of becoming fully dependent on it.
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
  • Benzodiazepines like Ativan are found in nearly 50% of all suicide attempts.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • Over 10 million people have used methamphetamine at least once in their lifetime.
  • Heroin use more than doubled among young adults ages 1825 in the past decade

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