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Drug Facts

  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • Crack causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • 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.
  • 9% of teens in a recent study reported using prescription pain relievers not prescribed for them in the past year, and 5% (1 in 20) reported doing so in the past month.3
  • In 2013, more high school seniors regularly used marijuana than cigarettes as 22.7% smoked pot in the last month, compared to 16.3% who smoked cigarettes.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Oxycodone stays in the system 1-10 days.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • 60% of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.
  • Ketamine hydrochloride, or 'K,' is a powerful anesthetic designed for use during operations and medical procedures.
  • Ambien is a sedative-hypnotic known to cause hallucinations, suicidal thoughts and death.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • The United States consumes 80% of the world's pain medication while only having 6% of the world's population.
  • In the year 2006 a total of 13,693 people were admitted to Drug rehab or Alcohol rehab programs in Arkansas.
  • K2 and Spice are synthetic marijuana compounds, also known as cannabinoids.
  • More than 100,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S., due to their mothers' use of the drug during pregnancy.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.

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