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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • By 8th grade 15% of kids have used marijuana.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • 1 in 5 college students admitted to have abused prescription stimulants like dexedrine.
  • 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.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Ecstasy use has been 12 times more prevalent since it became known as club drug.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • A binge is uncontrolled use of a drug or alcohol.
  • Women in bars can suffer from sexually aggressive acts if they are drinking heavily.
  • Meth has a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
  • 31% of rock star deaths are related to drugs or alcohol.
  • In the United States, deaths from pain medication abuse are outnumbering deaths from traffic accidents in young adults.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Rates of K2 Spice use have risen by 80% within a single year.

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