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Drug Facts

  • Snorting drugs can create loss of sense of smell, nosebleeds, frequent runny nose, and problems with swallowing.
  • Drugs are divided into several groups, depending on how they are used.
  • 92% of those who begin using Ecstasy later turn to other drugs including marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine and heroin.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • Rohypnol (The Date Rape Drug) is more commonly known as "roofies".
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • Nicotine stays in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Within the last ten years' rates of Demerol abuse have risen by nearly 200%.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • 54% of high school seniors do not think regular steroid use is harmful, the lowest number since 1980, when the National Institute on Drug Abuse started asking about perception on steroids.
  • Disability-Adjusted Life-Years (DALYs): A measure of years of life lost or lived in less than full health.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • The effects of ecstasy are usually felt about 20 minutes to an hour after it's taken and last for around 6 hours.

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