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Drug Facts

  • Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more quickly and thus brings an intense and immediatebut very short-livedhigh that lasts about fifteen minutes.
  • Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
  • Soon following its introduction, Cocaine became a common household drug.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Underage Drinking: Alcohol use by anyone under the age of 21. In the United States, the legal drinking age is 21.
  • There were over 20,000 ecstasy-related emergency room visits in 2011
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • Adderall was brought to the prescription drug market as a new way to treat A.D.H.D in 1996, slowly replacing Ritalin.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • The number of habitual cocaine users has declined by 75% since 1986, but it's still a popular drug for many people.
  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • Taking Ecstasy can cause liver failure.
  • Some designer drugs have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • According to the latest drug information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually in health care treatments, lost productivity, and crime.

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