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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Hallucinogens are drugs used to alter the perception and function of the mind.
  • The euphoric feeling of cocaine is then followed by a crash filled with depression and paranoia.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • The generic form of Oxycontin poses a bigger threat to those who abuse it, raising the number of poison control center calls remarkably.
  • Smoking tobacco can cause a miscarriage or a premature birth.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.1
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • These days, taking pills is acceptable: there is the feeling that there is a "pill for everything".
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more quickly and thus brings an intense and immediatebut very short-livedhigh that lasts about fifteen minutes.
  • Heroin stays in a person's system 1-10 days.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • PCP (known as Angel Dust) stays in the system 1-8 days.

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