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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • Ecstasy can stay in one's system for 1-5 days.
  • Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • Marijuana is actually dangerous, impacting the mind by causing memory loss and reducing ability.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Many people wrongly imprisoned under conspiracy laws are women who did nothing more than pick up a phone and take a message for their spouse, boyfriend, child or neighbor.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • In 1904, Barbiturates were introduced for further medicinal purposes
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • In its purest form, heroin is a fine white powder
  • Ecstasy is sometimes mixed with substances such as rat poison.
  • Steroids damage hormones, causing guys to grow breasts and girls to grow beards and facial hair.
  • Long-term effects from use of crack cocaine include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.

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