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Drug Facts

  • Nicotine stays in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.
  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
  • Inhalants are sniffed or breathed in where they are absorbed quickly by the lungs, this is commonly referred to as "huffing" or "bagging".
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • After hitting the market, Ativan was used to treat insomnia, vertigo, seizures, and alcohol withdrawal.
  • Teens who start with alcohol are more likely to try cocaine than teens who do not drink.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.

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