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Drug Facts

  • Stimulants are prescribed in the treatment of obesity.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • Pure Cocaine is extracted from the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca bush.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Women in bars can suffer from sexually aggressive acts if they are drinking heavily.
  • Women are at a higher risk than men for liver damage, brain damage and heart damage due to alcohol intake.
  • Synthetic drugs, also referred to as designer or club drugs, are chemically-created in a lab to mimic another drug such as marijuana, cocaine or morphine.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • Rohypnol (The Date Rape Drug) is more commonly known as "roofies".
  • Mixing sedatives such as Ambien with alcohol can be harmful, even leading to death
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive drug and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is also known as Big H, Black Tar, Chiva, Hell Dust, Horse, Negra, Smack,Thunder
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • There were over 190,000 hospitalizations in the U.S. in 2008 due to inhalant poisoning.
  • 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.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.

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