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Drug Facts

  • Over 13 million Americans have admitted to abusing CNS stimulants.
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Opiates work well to relieve pain. But you can get addicted to them quickly, if you don't use them correctly.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • Ativan is faster acting and more addictive than other Benzodiazepines.
  • One in five adolescents have admitted to abusing inhalants.
  • Outlaw motorcycle gangs are primarily into distributing marijuana and methamphetamine.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • 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.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • Deaths from Alcohol poisoning are most common among the ages 35-64.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.

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