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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • Ketamine is popular at dance clubs and "raves", unfortunately, some people (usually female) are not aware they have been dosed.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • Alcohol Abuse is the 3rd leading cause of preventable deaths in the U.S with over 88,000 cases of Alcohol related deaths.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug.
  • Oxycodone stays in the system 1-10 days.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Synthetic drug stimulants, also known as cathinones, mimic the effects of ecstasy or MDMA. Bath salts and Molly are examples of synthetic cathinones.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • Ketamine is actually a tranquilizer most commonly used in veterinary practice on animals.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • 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.
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.

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