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Drug Facts

  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  • Taking Ecstasy can cause liver failure.
  • In Hamilton County, 7,300 people were served by street outreach, emergency shelter and transitional housing programs in 2007, according to the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care for the Homeless.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Mixing Ambien with alcohol can cause respiratory distress, coma and death.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • 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.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • Ambien dissolves readily in water, becoming a popular date rape drug.
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • Almost 50% of high school seniors have abused a drug of some kind.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • Crack cocaine is the crystal form of cocaine, which normally comes in a powder form.
  • Meth has a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.

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