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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • Crack cocaine earned the nickname crack because of the cracking sound it makes when it is heated.
  • In 2011, over 65 million doses of Krokodil were seized within just three months.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their first time.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • In 2012, Ambien was prescribed 43.8 million times in the United States.
  • 64% of teens say they have used prescription pain killers that they got from a friend or family member.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Alcohol is the number one substance-related cause of depression in people.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Anti-Depressants are often combined with Alcohol, which increases the risk of poisoning and overdose.
  • US National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.

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