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Drug Facts

  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • 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.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • In 2010, U.S. Poison Control Centers received 304 calls regarding Bath Salts.
  • Teens who consistently learn about the risks of drugs from their parents are up to 50% less likely to use drugs than those who don't.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • About one in ten Americans over the age of 12 take an Anti-Depressant.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • Invisible drugs include coffee, tea, soft drinks, tobacco, beer and wine.
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • A syringe of morphine was, in a very real sense, a magic wand,' states David Courtwright in Dark Paradise. '

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