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Drug Facts

  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Bath Salt use has been linked to violent behavior, however not all stories are violent.
  • 'Crack' is Cocaine cooked into rock form by processing it with ammonia or baking soda.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Cocaine use can lead to death from respiratory (breathing) failure, stroke, cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain) or heart attack.
  • Even if you smoke just a few cigarettes a week, you can get addicted to nicotine in a few weeks or even days. The more cigarettes you smoke, the more likely you are to become addicted.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • 3 million people over the age of 12 have used methamphetamineand 529,000 of those are regular users.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Dilaudid, considered eight times more potent than morphine, is often called 'drug store heroin' on the streets.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.

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