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Drug Facts

  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • In 2003 a total of 4,006 people were admitted to Alaska Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • 'Crack' is Cocaine cooked into rock form by processing it with ammonia or baking soda.
  • The duration of cocaine's effects depends on the route of administration.
  • Over 750,000 people have used LSD within the past year.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Mescaline (AKA: Cactus, cactus buttons, cactus joint, mesc, mescal, mese, mezc, moon, musk, topi): occurs naturally in certain types of cactus plants, including the peyote cactus.
  • Deaths related to painkillers have risen by over 180% over the last ten years.
  • Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion annually.
  • Smoking crack cocaine can lead to sudden death by means of a heart attack or stroke right then.
  • 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
  • Over 53 Million Opiate-based prescriptions are filled each year.
  • Cocaine use is highest among Americans aged 18 to 25.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • Oxycontin has risen by over 80% within three years.

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