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Drug Facts

  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • Children, innocent drivers, families, the environment, all are affected by drug addiction even if they have never taken a drink or tried a drug.
  • Ecstasy is one of the most popular drugs among youth today.
  • 10 million people aged 12 or older reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • A binge is uncontrolled use of a drug or alcohol.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • In 2011, over 800,000 Americans reported having an addiction to cocaine.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • 75% of most designer drugs are consumed by adolescents and younger adults.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.
  • Cocaine comes in two forms. One is a powder and the other is a rock. The rock form of cocaine is referred to as crack cocaine.
  • Today, it remains a very problematic and popular drug, as it's cheap to produce and much cheaper to purchase than powder cocaine.
  • Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970's.

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