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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Alcohol is a sedative.
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP. The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that more than 9.5% of youths aged 12 to 17 in the US were current illegal drug users.
  • Approximately 28% of teens know at least one person who has used Ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one person who has tried it.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • By 8th grade 15% of kids have used marijuana.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • Crack cocaine goes directly into the lungs because it is mostly smoked, delivering the high almost immediately.
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • LSD disrupts the normal functioning of the brain, making you see images, hear sounds and feel sensations that seem real but aren't.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Methamphetamine has many nicknamesmeth, crank, chalk or speed being the most common.
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  • Today, it remains a very problematic and popular drug, as it's cheap to produce and much cheaper to purchase than powder cocaine.
  • Ativan is faster acting and more addictive than other Benzodiazepines.

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