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Drug Facts

  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • Methadone accounts for nearly one third of opiate-associated deaths.
  • 54% of high school seniors do not think regular steroid use is harmful, the lowest number since 1980, when the National Institute on Drug Abuse started asking about perception on steroids.
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.
  • Stimulants can increase energy and enhance self esteem.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for tranquilizers.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive drug and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is also known as Big H, Black Tar, Chiva, Hell Dust, Horse, Negra, Smack,Thunder
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • The most prominent drugs being abused in Alabama and requiring rehabilitation were Marijuana, Alcohol and Cocaine in 2006 5,927 people were admitted for Marijuana, 3,446 for Alcohol and an additional 2,557 admissions for Cocaine and Crack.
  • Steroids can cause disfiguring ailments such as baldness in girls and severe acne in all who use them.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.

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