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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Marijuana can stay in a person's system for 3-5 days, however, if you are a heavy user, it can be detected up to 30 days.
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.
  • Mescaline (AKA: Cactus, cactus buttons, cactus joint, mesc, mescal, mese, mezc, moon, musk, topi): occurs naturally in certain types of cactus plants, including the peyote cactus.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Crack cocaine goes directly into the lungs because it is mostly smoked, delivering the high almost immediately.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • Over 750,000 people have used LSD within the past year.
  • Today, teens are 10 times more likely to use Steroids than in 1991.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Ecstasy is emotionally damaging and users often suffer depression, confusion, severe anxiety, paranoia, psychotic behavior and other psychological problems.
  • The United States consumes over 75% of the world's prescription medications.
  • 64% of teens say they have used prescription pain killers that they got from a friend or family member.
  • GHB is often referred to as Liquid Ecstasy, Easy Lay, Liquid X and Goop
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2

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