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Drug Facts

  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • Methamphetamine has many nicknamesmeth, crank, chalk or speed being the most common.
  • Ketamine can be swallowed, snorted or injected.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • This Schedule IV Narcotic in the U.S. is often used as a date rape drug.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • One oxycodone pill can cost $80 on the street, compared to $3 to $5 for a bag of heroin. As addiction intensifies, many users end up turning to heroin.
  • Nearly 2/3 of those found in addiction recovery centers report sexual or physical abuse as children.
  • Colombia's drug trade is worth US$10 billion. That's one-quarter as much as the country's legal exports.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • 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.
  • 1 in 5 adolescents have admitted to using tranquilizers for nonmedical purposes.
  • 75% of most designer drugs are consumed by adolescents and younger adults.
  • Steroids damage hormones, causing guys to grow breasts and girls to grow beards and facial hair.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Amphetamine withdrawal is characterized by severe depression and fatigue.
  • According to the latest drug information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually in health care treatments, lost productivity, and crime.

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