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Drug Facts

  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.
  • Ritalin and related 'hyperactivity' type drugs can be found almost anywhere.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Crystal meth is a stimulant that can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Local pharmacies often bought - throat lozenges containing Cocaine in bulk and packaged them for sale under their own labels.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • Over 23.5 million people need treatment for illegal drugs.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • In Russia, Krokodil is estimated to kill 30,000 people each year.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.

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