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Drug Facts

  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 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.
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 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.
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Alcohol can impair hormone-releasing glands causing them to alter, which can lead to dangerous medical conditions.
  • Drug addiction is a serious problem that can be treated and managed throughout its course.
  • 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.
  • Meth causes severe paranoia episodes such as hallucinations and delusions.
  • Nearly 300,000 Americans received treatment for hallucinogens in 2011.
  • Crack cocaine was introduced into society in 1985.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.
  • 5,477 individuals were found guilty of crack cocaine-related crimes. More than 95% of these offenders had been involved in crack cocaine trafficking.
  • Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication within the last month.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • The duration of cocaine's effects depends on the route of administration.
  • Other psychological symptoms include manic behavior, psychosis (losing touch with reality) and aggression, commonly known as 'Roid Rage'.

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