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Drug Facts

  • In its purest form, heroin is a fine white powder
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • 3.3 million deaths, or 5.9 percent of all global deaths (7.6 percent for men and 4.0 percent for women), were attributable to alcohol consumption.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • Meth users often have bad teeth from poor oral hygiene, dry mouth as meth can crack and deteriorate teeth.
  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • Local pharmacies often bought - throat lozenges containing Cocaine in bulk and packaged them for sale under their own labels.
  • Texas is one of the hardest states on drug offenses.
  • Ambien dissolves readily in water, becoming a popular date rape drug.
  • Hydrocodone is used in combination with other chemicals and is available in prescription pain medications as tablets, capsules and syrups.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Amphetamine withdrawal is characterized by severe depression and fatigue.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • A biochemical abnormality in the liver forms in 80 percent of Steroid users.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.

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