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Drug Facts

  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • In the early 1900s snorting Cocaine was popular, until the drug was banned by the Harrison Act in 1914.
  • Predatory drugs metabolize quickly so that they are not in the system when the victim is medically examined.
  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • Codeine is widely used in the U.S. by prescription and over the counter for use as a pain reliever and cough suppressant.
  • From 1920- 1933, the illegal trade of Alcohol was a booming industry in the U.S., causing higher rates of crime than before.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • Over 53 Million Opiate-based prescriptions are filled each year.
  • Stress is the number one factor in drug and alcohol abuse.
  • 88% of people using anti-psychotics are also abusing other substances.
  • Bath Salts attributed to approximately 22,000 ER visits in 2011.
  • Heroin stays in a person's system 1-10 days.
  • Used illicitly, stimulants can lead to delirium and paranoia.
  • 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.

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