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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • 92% of those who begin using Ecstasy later turn to other drugs including marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine and heroin.
  • 18 percent of drivers killed in a crash tested positive for at least one drug.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Drug addiction and abuse costs the American taxpayers an average of $484 billion each year.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • Increased or prolonged use of methamphetamine can cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure, paranoia, psychosis, aggression, disordered thinking, extreme mood swings and sometimes hallucinations.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that more than 9.5% of youths aged 12 to 17 in the US were current illegal drug users.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • Opiate-based abuse causes over 17,000 deaths annually.
  • Stimulant drugs, such as Adderall, are the second most abused drug on college campuses, next to Marijuana.
  • 1 in 5 college students admitted to have abused prescription stimulants like dexedrine.
  • According to the latest drug information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually in health care treatments, lost productivity, and crime.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • Nicknames for Alprazolam include Alprax, Kalma, Nu-Alpraz, and Tranax.

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