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Drug Facts

  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • Anti-Depressants are often combined with Alcohol, which increases the risk of poisoning and overdose.
  • 1/3 of teenagers who live in states with medical marijuana laws get their pot from other people's prescriptions.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • 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.
  • Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant made from the coca plant.
  • Believe it or not, marijuana is NOT a medicine.
  • Opiates work well to relieve pain. But you can get addicted to them quickly, if you don't use them correctly.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • Other psychological symptoms include manic behavior, psychosis (losing touch with reality) and aggression, commonly known as 'Roid Rage'.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • 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.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • In 2011, over 65 million doses of Krokodil were seized within just three months.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.

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