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Drug Facts

  • The coca leaf is mainly located in South America and its consumption has dated back to 3000 BC.
  • Over 20 million individuals were abusing Darvocet before any limitations were put on the drug.
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • The number of Americans with an addiction to heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2011.
  • Some effects from of long-acting barbiturates can last up to two days.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • Gangs, whether street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs or even prison gangs, distribute more drugs on the streets of the U.S. than any other person or persons do.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • 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illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • Barbiturates can stay in one's system for 2-3 days.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • There were over 1.8 million Americans 12 or older who used a hallucinogen or inhalant for the first time. (1.1 million among hallucinogens)
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.

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