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Drug Facts

  • Soon following its introduction, Cocaine became a common household drug.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Drug addiction and abuse costs the American taxpayers an average of $484 billion each year.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Stimulants can increase energy and enhance self esteem.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • There were over 190,000 hospitalizations in the U.S. in 2008 due to inhalant poisoning.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • Two thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers got them from family or friends, often without their knowledge, such as stealing them from the medicine cabinet.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • 3 Million people in the United States have been prescribed Suboxone to treat opioid addiction.
  • 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.
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • Two thirds of the people who abuse drugs or alcohol admit to being sexually molested when they were children.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • Anti-Depressants are often combined with Alcohol, which increases the risk of poisoning and overdose.
  • 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.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • 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.
  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.

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