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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Predatory drugs metabolize quickly so that they are not in the system when the victim is medically examined.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • Steroids can cause disfiguring ailments such as baldness in girls and severe acne in all who use them.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • Women in bars can suffer from sexually aggressive acts if they are drinking heavily.
  • 54% of high school seniors do not think regular steroid use is harmful, the lowest number since 1980, when the National Institute on Drug Abuse started asking about perception on steroids.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • 300 tons of barbiturates are produced legally in the U.S. every year.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • In Russia, Krokodil is estimated to kill 30,000 people each year.

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