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Drug Facts

  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • Street gang members primarily turn cocaine into crack cocaine.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • People who use heroin regularly are likely to develop a physical dependence.
  • Cigarettes can kill you and they are the leading preventable cause of death.
  • Crack Cocaine is the riskiest form of a Cocaine substance.
  • Drug addiction and abuse costs the American taxpayers an average of $484 billion each year.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Dilaudid, considered eight times more potent than morphine, is often called 'drug store heroin' on the streets.
  • Cocaine hydrochloride is most commonly snorted. It can also be injected, rubbed into the gums, added to drinks or food.

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