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Drug Facts

  • Crack cocaine goes directly into the lungs because it is mostly smoked, delivering the high almost immediately.
  • Methadone accounts for nearly one third of opiate-associated deaths.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Short term rehab effectively helps more women than men, even though they may have suffered more traumatic situations than men did.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • 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.
  • In 2011, a Pennsylvania couple stabbed the walls in their apartment to attack the '90 people living in their walls.'
  • 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.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • Meth creates an immediate high that quickly fades. As a result, users often take it repeatedly, making it extremely addictive.
  • Heroin stays in a person's system 1-10 days.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • MDMA is known on the streets as: Molly, ecstasy, XTC, X, E, Adam, Eve, clarity, hug, beans, love drug, lovers' speed, peace, uppers.
  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.
  • 33.1 percent of 15-year-olds report that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • Drug addiction and abuse can be linked to at least of all major crimes committed in the United States.
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.

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