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Drug Facts

  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • Its rock form is far more addictive and potent than its powder form.
  • Oxycodone comes in a number of forms including capsules, tablets, liquid and suppositories. It also comes in a variety of strengths.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • Synthetic drug stimulants, also known as cathinones, mimic the effects of ecstasy or MDMA. Bath salts and Molly are examples of synthetic cathinones.
  • Bath Salts attributed to approximately 22,000 ER visits in 2011.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • Ecstasy can cause kidney, liver and brain damage, including long-lasting lesions (injuries) on brain tissue.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • About 696,000 cases of student assault, are committed by student's who have been drinking.
  • 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.
  • Alprazolam is a generic form of the Benzodiazepine, Xanax.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.

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