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Drug Facts

  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP. The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • 75% of most designer drugs are consumed by adolescents and younger adults.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • Studies show that 11 percent of male high schoolers have reported using Steroids at least once.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • Cocaine can be snorted, injected, sniffed or smoked.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • 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.
  • Stimulants can increase energy and enhance self esteem.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Alcohol kills more young people than all other drugs combined.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • From 1961-1980 the Anti-Depressant boom hit the market in the United States.
  • Depressants are widely used to relieve stress, induce sleep and relieve anxiety.
  • Deaths related to painkillers have risen by over 180% over the last ten years.

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