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Drug Facts

  • Illegal drug use is declining while prescription drug abuse is rising thanks to online pharmacies and illegal selling.
  • Nitrous oxide is a medical gas that is referred to as "laughing gas" among users.
  • 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.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Stimulants are prescribed in the treatment of obesity.
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • Cocaine can be snorted, injected, sniffed or smoked.
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Increased or prolonged use of methamphetamine can cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure, paranoia, psychosis, aggression, disordered thinking, extreme mood swings and sometimes hallucinations.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.

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