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Drug Facts

  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.
  • Non-pharmaceutical fentanyl is sold in the following forms: as a powder; spiked on blotter paper; mixed with or substituted for heroin; or as tablets that mimic other, less potent opioids.
  • GHB is often referred to as Liquid Ecstasy, Easy Lay, Liquid X and Goop
  • Anti-Depressants are often combined with Alcohol, which increases the risk of poisoning and overdose.
  • Marijuana had the highest rates of dependence out of all illicit substances in 2011.
  • Methadone can stay in a person's system for 1- 14 days.
  • Abused by an estimated one in five teens, prescription drugs are second only to alcohol and marijuana as the substances they use to get high.
  • Teens who have open communication with their parents are half as likely to try drugs, yet only a quarter of adolescents state that they have had conversations with their parents regarding drugs.
  • 93% of the world's opium supply came from Afghanistan.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • Production and trafficking soared again in the 1990's in relation to organized crime in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) is a synthetic, mind-altering drug that acts both as a stimulant and a hallucinogenic.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.

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