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Drug Facts

  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • The United States produces on average 300 tons of barbiturates per year.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Sniffing paint is a common form of inhalant abuse.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • 13% of 9th graders report they have tried prescription painkillers to get high.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Women who drink have more health and social problems than men who drink

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