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Drug Facts

  • 37% of individuals claim that the United States is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • A biochemical abnormality in the liver forms in 80 percent of Steroid users.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • 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.
  • 45%of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Stress is the number one factor in drug and alcohol abuse.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.
  • MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) is a synthetic, mind-altering drug that acts both as a stimulant and a hallucinogenic.
  • Steroids can stay in one's system for three weeks if taken orally and up to 3-6 months if injected.
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • One of the strongest forms of Amphetamines is Meth, which can come in powder, tablet or crystal form.

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