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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous drugs known to man.
  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Teens who consistently learn about the risks of drugs from their parents are up to 50% less likely to use drugs than those who don't.
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • Nearly 6,700 people each day abused a psychotropic medication for the first time.
  • Meth use in the United States varies geographically, with the highest rate of use in the West and the lowest in the Northeast.
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Women born after World War 2 were more inclined to become alcoholics than those born before 1943.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • The number of habitual cocaine users has declined by 75% since 1986, but it's still a popular drug for many people.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • 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'.

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