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Drug Facts

  • Prescription medications are legal drugs.
  • Women are at a higher risk than men for liver damage, brain damage and heart damage due to alcohol intake.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.
  • In 2011, non-medical use of Alprazolam resulted in 123,744 emergency room visits.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • Never, absolutely NEVER, buy drugs over the internet. It is not as safe as walking into a pharmacy. You honestly do not know what you are going to get or who is going to intervene in the online message.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Victims of predatory drugs often do not realize taking the drug or remember the sexual assault taking place.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Alcohol is a depressant derived from the fermentation of natural sugars in fruits, vegetables and grains.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • Steroids damage hormones, causing guys to grow breasts and girls to grow beards and facial hair.

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