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Drug Facts

  • In its purest form, heroin is a fine white powder
  • Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.1
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker has been using a depressant such as alcohol; however, if the tweaker has been using a depressant, his or her negative feelings - including paranoia and frustration - can increase substantially.
  • 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
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their first time.
  • Abused by an estimated one in five teens, prescription drugs are second only to alcohol and marijuana as the substances they use to get high.
  • People who use heroin regularly are likely to develop a physical dependence.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
  • Over 30 Million people have admitted to abusing a cannabis-based product within the last year.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Oxycodone is sold under many trade names, such as Percodan, Endodan, Roxiprin, Percocet, Endocet, Roxicet and OxyContin.
  • Rates of valium abuse have tripled within the course of ten years.
  • There were over 190,000 hospitalizations in the U.S. in 2008 due to inhalant poisoning.
  • Steroids damage hormones, causing guys to grow breasts and girls to grow beards and facial hair.
  • Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970's.
  • In 2007, 33 counties in California reported the seizure of clandestine labs, compared with 21 counties reporting seizing labs in 2006.
  • Crystal Meth is commonly known as glass or ice.

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