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Drug Facts

  • The act in 1914 prohibited the import of coca leaves and Cocaine, except for pharmaceutical purposes.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • One in five adolescents have admitted to abusing inhalants.
  • 'Crack' is Cocaine cooked into rock form by processing it with ammonia or baking soda.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • More than 100,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S., due to their mothers' use of the drug during pregnancy.
  • Over 52% of teens who use bath salts also combine them with other drugs.
  • Production and trafficking soared again in the 1990's in relation to organized crime in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • By 8th grade, before even entering high school, approximately have of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 41% have smoked cigarettes and 20% have used marijuana.
  • More than 10 percent of U.S. children live with a parent with alcohol problems.
  • More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.

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