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Drug Facts

  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • The New Hampshire Department of Corrections reports 85 percent of inmates arrive at the state prison with a history of substance abuse.
  • Cocaine causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • 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.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • Adderall is linked to cases of sudden death due to heart complications.
  • Individuals with severe drug problems and or underlying mental health issues typically need longer in-patient drug treatment often times a minimum of 3 months is recommended.
  • MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) is a synthetic, mind-altering drug that acts both as a stimulant and a hallucinogenic.
  • An estimated 88,0009 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women9) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
  • 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.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • Crystal meth is a stimulant that can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.
  • Around 16 million people at this time are abusing prescription medications.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Over 6 million people have ever admitted to using PCP in their lifetimes.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.

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