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Drug Facts

  • Meth can quickly be made with battery acid, antifreeze and drain cleaner.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • 18 percent of drivers killed in a crash tested positive for at least one drug.
  • A stimulant is a drug that provides users with added energy and contentment.
  • Stimulants are found in every day household items such as tobacco, nicotine and daytime cough medicine.
  • Bath salts contain man-made stimulants called cathinone's, which are like amphetamines.
  • Ecstasy can cause kidney, liver and brain damage, including long-lasting lesions (injuries) on brain tissue.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.
  • Krododil users rarely live more than one year after taking it.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • About 1 in 4 college students report academic consequences from drinking, including missing class, falling behind in class, doing poorly on exams or papers, and receiving lower grades overall.30
  • In 2010, around 13 million people have abused methamphetamines in their life and approximately 350,000 people were regular users. This number increased by over 80,000 the following year.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • Babies can be born addicted to drugs.
  • The New Hampshire Department of Corrections reports 85 percent of inmates arrive at the state prison with a history of substance abuse.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • 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.

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