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Drug Facts

  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • 13% of 9th graders report they have tried prescription painkillers to get high.
  • In the 20th Century Barbiturates were Prescribed as sedatives, anesthetics, anxiolytics, and anti-convulsants
  • Today, a total of 12 Barbiturates are under international control.
  • Drugs are divided into several groups, depending on how they are used.
  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • 6.8 million people with an addiction have a mental illness.
  • In 1993, inhalation (42%) was the most frequently used route of administration among primary Methamphetamine admissions.
  • More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.
  • A binge is uncontrolled use of a drug or alcohol.
  • In Hamilton County, 7,300 people were served by street outreach, emergency shelter and transitional housing programs in 2007, according to the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care for the Homeless.
  • Crack comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow to pale rose or white.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • Hallucinogens do not always produce hallucinations.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • 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

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