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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine hydrochloride is most commonly snorted. It can also be injected, rubbed into the gums, added to drinks or food.
  • 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.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • The coca leaf is mainly located in South America and its consumption has dated back to 3000 BC.
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Adverse effects from Ambien rose nearly 220 percent from 2005 to 2010.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that more than 9.5% of youths aged 12 to 17 in the US were current illegal drug users.
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.
  • Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide and manufactures 74% of illicit opiates. However, Mexico is the leading supplier to the U.S
  • In Arizona during the year 2006 a total of 23,656 people were admitted to addiction treatment programs.
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • About 1 in 4 college students report academic consequences from drinking, including missing class, falling behind in class, doing poorly on exams or papers, and receiving lower grades overall.30
  • War veterans often turn to drugs and alcohol to forget what they went through during combat.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.

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