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Drug Facts

  • The sale of painkillers has increased by over 300% since 1999.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for sedatives.
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication within the last month.
  • Heroin stays in a person's system 1-10 days.
  • Second hand smoke can kill you. In the U.S. alone over 3,000 people die every year from cancer caused by second hand smoke.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • Even if you smoke just a few cigarettes a week, you can get addicted to nicotine in a few weeks or even days. The more cigarettes you smoke, the more likely you are to become addicted.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Over 80% of individuals have confidence that prescription drug abuse will only continue to grow.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • Penalties for possession, delivery and manufacturing of Ecstasy can include jail sentences of four years to life, and fines from $250,000 to $4 million, depending on the amount of the drug you have in your possession.
  • Short term rehab effectively helps more women than men, even though they may have suffered more traumatic situations than men did.
  • Ecstasy causes hypothermia, which leads to muscle breakdown and could cause kidney failure.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.

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