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Drug Facts

  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • At this time, medical professionals recommended amphetamine as a cure for a range of ailmentsalcohol hangover, narcolepsy, depression, weight reduction, hyperactivity in children, and vomiting associated with pregnancy.
  • Hallucinogens do not always produce hallucinations.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • 10 million people aged 12 or older reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • Drug addiction and abuse costs the American taxpayers an average of $484 billion each year.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.
  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • Its rock form is far more addictive and potent than its powder form.
  • Gangs, whether street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs or even prison gangs, distribute more drugs on the streets of the U.S. than any other person or persons do.
  • Over 3 million prescriptions for Suboxone were written in a single year.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • 18 percent of drivers killed in a crash tested positive for at least one drug.

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