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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is a highly addictive drug and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is also known as Big H, Black Tar, Chiva, Hell Dust, Horse, Negra, Smack,Thunder
  • 60% of High Schoolers, 32% of Middle Schoolers have seen drugs used, kept or sold on school grounds.
  • By 8th grade 15% of kids have used marijuana.
  • Because it is smoked, the effects of crack cocaine are more immediate and more intense than that of powdered cocaine.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.
  • The U.S. utilizes over 65% of the world's supply of Dilaudid.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Out of all the benzodiazepine emergency room visits 78% of individuals are using other substances.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • The effects of ecstasy are usually felt about 20 minutes to an hour after it's taken and last for around 6 hours.
  • Ketamine has risen by over 300% in the last ten years.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • The United States consumes over 75% of the world's prescription medications.
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • 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.
  • 1 in 5 adolescents have admitted to using tranquilizers for nonmedical purposes.

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