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Drug Facts

  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • 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.
  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.
  • Today, it remains a very problematic and popular drug, as it's cheap to produce and much cheaper to purchase than powder cocaine.
  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.1
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Stimulants are prescribed in the treatment of obesity.
  • The effects of ecstasy are usually felt about 20 minutes to an hour after it's taken and last for around 6 hours.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • Within the last ten years' rates of Demerol abuse have risen by nearly 200%.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Over 60% of all deaths from overdose are attributed to prescription drug abuse.

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