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Drug Facts

  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • Methamphetamine can be swallowed, snorted, smoked and injected by users.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • More than 100,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S., due to their mothers' use of the drug during pregnancy.
  • Crystal Meth use can cause insomnia, anxiety, and violent or psychotic behavior.
  • Out of all the benzodiazepine emergency room visits 78% of individuals are using other substances.
  • Ecstasy is sometimes mixed with substances such as rat poison.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Invisible drugs include coffee, tea, soft drinks, tobacco, beer and wine.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Hallucinogens do not always produce hallucinations.
  • In 2011, over 65 million doses of Krokodil were seized within just three months.

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