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Drug Facts

  • Drug addicts are not the only ones affected by drug addiction.
  • During this time, Anti-Depressant use among all ages increased by almost 400 percent.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • 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.
  • Over 13 million Americans have admitted to abusing CNS stimulants.
  • Nearly one third of mushroom users reported heightened levels of anxiety.
  • The word cocaine refers to the drug in a powder form or crystal form.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Substance abuse and addiction also affects other areas, such as broken families, destroyed careers, death due to negligence or accident, domestic violence, physical abuse, and child abuse.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • The Department of Justice listed the Chicago metro area as the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Drug addiction is a serious problem that can be treated and managed throughout its course.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.

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