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Drug Facts

  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafejust like driving after drinking alcohol.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Some effects from of long-acting barbiturates can last up to two days.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • Alcohol Abuse is the 3rd leading cause of preventable deaths in the U.S with over 88,000 cases of Alcohol related deaths.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • Predatory drugs metabolize quickly so that they are not in the system when the victim is medically examined.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • 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.
  • Each year Alcohol use results in nearly 2,000 college student's deaths.
  • 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.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • The word cocaine refers to the drug in a powder form or crystal form.
  • Ecstasy causes hypothermia, which leads to muscle breakdown and could cause kidney failure.

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