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Drug Facts

  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • 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.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Hallucinogens (also known as 'psychedelics') can make a person see, hear, smell, feel or taste things that aren't really there or are different from how they are in reality.
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • Second hand smoke can kill you. In the U.S. alone over 3,000 people die every year from cancer caused by second hand smoke.
  • 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.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • Over 20 million Americans over the age of 12 have an addiction (excluding tobacco).
  • Mescaline (AKA: Cactus, cactus buttons, cactus joint, mesc, mescal, mese, mezc, moon, musk, topi): occurs naturally in certain types of cactus plants, including the peyote cactus.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • Codeine is a prescription drug, and is part of a group of drugs known as opioids.
  • Over 30 Million people have admitted to abusing a cannabis-based product within the last year.
  • Underage Drinking: Alcohol use by anyone under the age of 21. In the United States, the legal drinking age is 21.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.

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