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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Illegal drug use is declining while prescription drug abuse is rising thanks to online pharmacies and illegal selling.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • Heroin stays in a person's system 1-10 days.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • In 2013, more high school seniors regularly used marijuana than cigarettes as 22.7% smoked pot in the last month, compared to 16.3% who smoked cigarettes.
  • More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Meth can quickly be made with battery acid, antifreeze and drain cleaner.
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.

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