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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • 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.
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • In 2003 a total of 4,006 people were admitted to Alaska Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • Between 2006 and 2010, 9 out of 10 antidepressant patents expired, resulting in a huge loss of pharmaceutical companies.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • Ecstasy causes hypothermia, which leads to muscle breakdown and could cause kidney failure.
  • 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'.
  • 15.2% of 8th graders report they have used Marijuana.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • 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.
  • Cocaine is the second most trafficked illegal drug in the world.
  • 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.
  • Stimulant drugs, such as Adderall, are the second most abused drug on college campuses, next to Marijuana.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.

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