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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Nicknames for Alprazolam include Alprax, Kalma, Nu-Alpraz, and Tranax.
  • Nearly 2/3 of those found in addiction recovery centers report sexual or physical abuse as children.
  • Ativan is faster acting and more addictive than other Benzodiazepines.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous and potent drugs, with the great potential of causing seizures and heart-related injuries such as stopping the heart, whether one is a short term or long term user.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • 15.2% of 8th graders report they have used Marijuana.
  • 88% of people using anti-psychotics are also abusing other substances.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • 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).
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • GHB is often referred to as Liquid Ecstasy, Easy Lay, Liquid X and Goop
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Cigarettes contain nicotine which is highly addictive.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.

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