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Drug Facts

  • 75% of most designer drugs are consumed by adolescents and younger adults.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Most users sniff or snort cocaine, although it can also be injected or smoked.
  • Long-term effects from use of crack cocaine include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • 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
  • Most people try heroin for the first time in their late teens or early 20s. Anyone can become addictedall races, genders, and ethnicities.
  • Prescription medications are legal drugs.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.
  • Even a single dose of heroin can start a person on the road to addiction.
  • Emergency room admissions due to Subutex abuse has risen by over 200% in just three years.
  • One oxycodone pill can cost $80 on the street, compared to $3 to $5 for a bag of heroin. As addiction intensifies, many users end up turning to heroin.
  • Adderall is popular on college campuses, with black markets popping up to supply the demand of students.
  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.

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