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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.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • Children, innocent drivers, families, the environment, all are affected by drug addiction even if they have never taken a drink or tried a drug.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • 70% to 80% of the world's cocaine comes from Columbia.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Individuals with severe drug problems and or underlying mental health issues typically need longer in-patient drug treatment often times a minimum of 3 months is recommended.
  • Women suffer more memory loss and brain damage than men do who drink the same amount of alcohol for the same period of time.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Stimulants are found in every day household items such as tobacco, nicotine and daytime cough medicine.
  • Over 13 million Americans have admitted to abusing CNS stimulants.
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Women who had an alcoholic parent are more likely to become an alcoholic than men who have an alcoholic parent.
  • 22.7 million people (as of 2007) have reported using LSD in their lifetime.
  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.
  • More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.
  • Hallucinogens are drugs used to alter the perception and function of the mind.

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