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Drug Facts

  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Flashbacks can occur in people who have abused hallucinogens even months after they stop taking them.
  • Rohypnol (The Date Rape Drug) is more commonly known as "roofies".
  • 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.
  • Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more quickly and thus brings an intense and immediatebut very short-livedhigh that lasts about fifteen minutes.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • Over 52% of teens who use bath salts also combine them with other drugs.
  • 60% of High Schoolers, 32% of Middle Schoolers have seen drugs used, kept or sold on school grounds.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • Ritalin and related 'hyperactivity' type drugs can be found almost anywhere.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • 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.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.

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