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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • By 8th grade, before even entering high school, approximately have of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 41% have smoked cigarettes and 20% have used marijuana.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.
  • 49.8% of those arrested used crack in the past.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • 33.1 percent of 15-year-olds report that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives.
  • Used illicitly, stimulants can lead to delirium and paranoia.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • 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.
  • The Barbituric acid compound was made from malonic apple acid and animal urea.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Flashbacks can occur in people who have abused hallucinogens even months after they stop taking them.
  • Substance abuse and addiction also affects other areas, such as broken families, destroyed careers, death due to negligence or accident, domestic violence, physical abuse, and child abuse.
  • There are confidential rehab facilities which treat celebrities and executives so they you can get clean without the paparazzi or business associates finding out.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • 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.
  • Street amphetamine: bennies, black beauties, copilots, eye-openers, lid poppers, pep pills, speed, uppers, wake-ups, and white crosses28

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