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Drug Facts

  • Approximately 3% of high school seniors say they have tried heroin at least once in the past year.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Ironically, young teens in small towns are more likely to use crystal meth than teens raised in the city.
  • There is holistic rehab, or natural, as opposed to traditional programs which may use drugs to treat addiction.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • Crack cocaine is one of the most powerful illegal drugs when it comes to producing psychological dependence.
  • Over 53 Million Oxycodone prescriptions are filled each year.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • Using Crack Cocaine, even once, can result in life altering addiction.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • 10 to 22% of automobile accidents involve drivers who are using drugs.
  • The United States consumes 80% of the world's pain medication while only having 6% of the world's population.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.

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