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Drug Facts

  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • GHB is usually ingested in liquid form and is most similar to a high dosage of alcohol in its effect.
  • The number of habitual cocaine users has declined by 75% since 1986, but it's still a popular drug for many people.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • 10 to 22% of automobile accidents involve drivers who are using drugs.
  • Getting blackout drunk doesn't actually make you forget: the brain temporarily loses the ability to make memories.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant that has been utilized and abused for ages.
  • From 1920- 1933, the illegal trade of Alcohol was a booming industry in the U.S., causing higher rates of crime than before.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • Anti-Depressants are often combined with Alcohol, which increases the risk of poisoning and overdose.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Predatory drugs metabolize quickly so that they are not in the system when the victim is medically examined.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • 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.

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