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Drug Facts

  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • 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.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • In 1993, inhalation (42%) was the most frequently used route of administration among primary Methamphetamine admissions.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • 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
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • The act in 1914 prohibited the import of coca leaves and Cocaine, except for pharmaceutical purposes.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Nicknames for Alprazolam include Alprax, Kalma, Nu-Alpraz, and Tranax.

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