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Drug Facts

  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • The U.S. poisoned industrial Alcohols made in the country, killing a whopping 10,000 people in the process.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Crystal meth comes in clear chunky crystals resembling ice and is most commonly smoked.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
  • Prolonged use of cocaine can cause ulcers in the nostrils.
  • In the United States, deaths from pain medication abuse are outnumbering deaths from traffic accidents in young adults.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • Over 1 million people have tried hallucinogens for the fist time this year.
  • 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.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Using Crack Cocaine, even once, can result in life altering addiction.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.

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