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Drug Facts

  • Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide and manufactures 74% of illicit opiates. However, Mexico is the leading supplier to the U.S
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • GHB is a popular drug at teen parties and "raves".
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • 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.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Predatory drugs metabolize quickly so that they are not in the system when the victim is medically examined.
  • Each year Alcohol use results in nearly 2,000 college student's deaths.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • PCP (also known as angel dust) can cause drug addiction in the infant as well as tremors.
  • The number of habitual cocaine users has declined by 75% since 1986, but it's still a popular drug for many people.
  • Ketamine hydrochloride, or 'K,' is a powerful anesthetic designed for use during operations and medical procedures.
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.
  • 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.
  • Methadone can stay in a person's system for 1- 14 days.

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