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Drug Facts

  • Almost 50% of high school seniors have abused a drug of some kind.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • PCP (also known as angel dust) can cause drug addiction in the infant as well as tremors.
  • Heroin stays in a person's system 1-10 days.
  • Valium is a drug that is used to manage anxiety disorders.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) is a synthetic, mind-altering drug that acts both as a stimulant and a hallucinogenic.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • 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.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • 26.9 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they engaged in binge drinking in the past month.
  • The United States spends over 560 Billion Dollars for pain relief.
  • Hallucinogens are drugs used to alter the perception and function of the mind.

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