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Drug Facts

  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • Pure Cocaine is extracted from the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca bush.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • A syringe of morphine was, in a very real sense, a magic wand,' states David Courtwright in Dark Paradise. '
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Ritalin is easy to get, and cheap.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • 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 U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
  • Adderall is a Schedule II controlled substance, meaning that it has a high potential for addiction.
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.

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