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Drug Facts

  • Another man on 'a mission from God' was stopped by police driving near an industrial park in Texas.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.
  • People who use heroin regularly are likely to develop a physical dependence.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Alcohol can impair hormone-releasing glands causing them to alter, which can lead to dangerous medical conditions.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • One in ten high school seniors in the US admits to abusing prescription painkillers.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • Individuals with severe drug problems and or underlying mental health issues typically need longer in-patient drug treatment often times a minimum of 3 months is recommended.
  • Ecstasy is sometimes mixed with substances such as rat poison.
  • Colombia's drug trade is worth US$10 billion. That's one-quarter as much as the country's legal exports.
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.

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