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Drug Facts

  • Amphetamines + some antidepressants: elevated blood pressure, which can lead to irregular heartbeat, heart failure and stroke.
  • An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • Drug overdoses are the cause of 90% of deaths from poisoning.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • Daily hashish users have a 50% chance of becoming fully dependent on it.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • 80% of methadone-related deaths were deemed accidental, even though most cases involved other drugs.
  • Over 6 million people have ever admitted to using PCP in their lifetimes.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time
  • Mixing Ambien with alcohol can cause respiratory distress, coma and death.
  • Every day in America, approximately 10 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are diagnosed with HIV/AIDSand many of them are infected through risky behaviors associated with drug use.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.

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