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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Ritalin and related 'hyperactivity' type drugs can be found almost anywhere.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • It is estimated 20.4 million people age 12 or older have tried methamphetamine at sometime in their lives.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.
  • One of the strongest forms of Amphetamines is Meth, which can come in powder, tablet or crystal form.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Adderall on the streets is known as: Addies, Study Drugs, the Smart Drug.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.
  • Over 23.5 million people need treatment for illegal drugs.
  • Heroin is a drug that is processed from morphine.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Two thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers got them from family or friends, often without their knowledge, such as stealing them from the medicine cabinet.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • 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.

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