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Drug Facts

  • Every day in America, approximately 10 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are diagnosed with HIV/AIDSand many of them are infected through risky behaviors associated with drug use.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Women in college who drank experienced higher levels of sexual aggression acts from men.
  • The sale of painkillers has increased by over 300% since 1999.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for sedatives.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.

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