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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • 6.8 million people with an addiction have a mental illness.
  • Believe it or not, marijuana is NOT a medicine.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Cocaine is the second most trafficked illegal drug in the world.
  • Alprazolam is a generic form of the Benzodiazepine, Xanax.
  • Nearly 6,700 people each day abused a psychotropic medication for the first time.
  • Methadone can stay in a person's system for 1- 14 days.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • Increased or prolonged use of methamphetamine can cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure, paranoia, psychosis, aggression, disordered thinking, extreme mood swings and sometimes hallucinations.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • Second hand smoke can kill you. In the U.S. alone over 3,000 people die every year from cancer caused by second hand smoke.
  • Teens who have open communication with their parents are half as likely to try drugs, yet only a quarter of adolescents state that they have had conversations with their parents regarding drugs.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • About 72% of all cases reported to poison centers for substance use were calls from people's homes.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • Ecstasy is emotionally damaging and users often suffer depression, confusion, severe anxiety, paranoia, psychotic behavior and other psychological problems.

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