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Drug Facts

  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • Nearly 23 Million people are in need of treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide and manufactures 74% of illicit opiates. However, Mexico is the leading supplier to the U.S
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Drug addiction is a serious problem that can be treated and managed throughout its course.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Some common street names for Amphetamines include: speed, uppers, black mollies, blue mollies, Benz and wake ups.
  • Alprazolam is held accountable for about 125,000 emergency-room visits each year.
  • Crystal Meth is the world's second most popular illicit drug.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • One in five adolescents have admitted to abusing inhalants.

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