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Drug Facts

Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
Use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafejust like driving after drinking alcohol.
The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
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.
It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
Long-term effects from use of crack cocaine include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases.
The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
80% of methadone-related deaths were deemed accidental, even though most cases involved other drugs.
Deaths related to painkillers have risen by over 180% over the last ten years.
Despite 20 years of scientific evidence showing that drug treatment programs do work, the feds fail to offer enough of them to prisoners.
Since 2000, non-illicit drugs such as oxycodone, fentanyl and methadone contribute more to overdose fatalities in Utah than illicit drugs such as heroin.
War veterans often turn to drugs and alcohol to forget what they went through during combat.
The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
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.
Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.

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