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Drug Facts

  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • 60% of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • 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.
  • Crack cocaine was introduced into society in 1985.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia
  • Opiates work well to relieve pain. But you can get addicted to them quickly, if you don't use them correctly.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Ecstasy is one of the most popular drugs among youth today.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.

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