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Drug Facts

  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • War veterans often turn to drugs and alcohol to forget what they went through during combat.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.
  • Hallucinogens do not always produce hallucinations.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.
  • There are 2,200 alcohol poisoning deaths in the US each year.
  • Over 20 million individuals were abusing Darvocet before any limitations were put on the drug.
  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Because it is smoked, the effects of crack cocaine are more immediate and more intense than that of powdered cocaine.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.

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