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Drug Facts

  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Hallucinogens do not always produce hallucinations.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • 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.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • Soon following its introduction, Cocaine became a common household drug.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • 31% of rock star deaths are related to drugs or alcohol.
  • Oxycodone is sold under many trade names, such as Percodan, Endodan, Roxiprin, Percocet, Endocet, Roxicet and OxyContin.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • Crack cocaine is the crystal form of cocaine, which normally comes in a powder form.
  • In 2012, Ambien was prescribed 43.8 million times in the United States.
  • Relapse is the return to drug use after an attempt to stop. Relapse indicates the need for more or different treatment.
  • 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.

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