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Drug Facts

  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • In the early 1900s snorting Cocaine was popular, until the drug was banned by the Harrison Act in 1914.
  • About one in ten Americans over the age of 12 take an Anti-Depressant.
  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • From 1961-1980 the Anti-Depressant boom hit the market in the United States.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • PCP (known as Angel Dust) stays in the system 1-8 days.
  • Mixing sedatives such as Ambien with alcohol can be harmful, even leading to death
  • Alprazolam contains powerful addictive properties.
  • Bath Salt use has been linked to violent behavior, however not all stories are violent.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • In 2013, over 50 million prescriptions were written for Alprazolam.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • At this time, medical professionals recommended amphetamine as a cure for a range of ailmentsalcohol hangover, narcolepsy, depression, weight reduction, hyperactivity in children, and vomiting associated with pregnancy.
  • Half of all Ambien related ER visits involved other drug interaction.
  • Drug addiction and abuse costs the American taxpayers an average of $484 billion each year.

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