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Drug Facts

  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • Rock, Kryptonite, Base, Sugar Block, Hard Rock, Apple Jacks, and Topo (Spanish) are popular terms used for Crack Cocaine.
  • Cocaine stays in one's system for 1-5 days.
  • War veterans often turn to drugs and alcohol to forget what they went through during combat.
  • Aerosols are a form of inhalants that include vegetable oil, hair spray, deodorant and spray paint.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • Coca is one of the oldest, most potent and most dangerous stimulants of natural origin.
  • Hallucinogens are drugs used to alter the perception and function of the mind.
  • Dilaudid, considered eight times more potent than morphine, is often called 'drug store heroin' on the streets.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.

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