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in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Drugs are divided into several groups, depending on how they are used.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Marijuana had the highest rates of dependence out of all illicit substances in 2011.
  • Over 80% of individuals have confidence that prescription drug abuse will only continue to grow.
  • 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • The act in 1914 prohibited the import of coca leaves and Cocaine, except for pharmaceutical purposes.
  • Nitrous oxide is actually found in whipped cream dispensers as well as octane boosters for cars.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Alcohol is a sedative.
  • 11.6% of those arrested used crack in the previous week.
  • 9% of teens in a recent study reported using prescription pain relievers not prescribed for them in the past year, and 5% (1 in 20) reported doing so in the past month.3
  • 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.
  • Heroin use more than doubled among young adults ages 1825 in the past decade
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • Almost 50% of high school seniors have abused a drug of some kind.
  • Nicknames for Alprazolam include Alprax, Kalma, Nu-Alpraz, and Tranax.

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