Drug Facts

1. 94.8% of cocaine users began their habit with the use of marijuana and social drinking.
2. Cocaine was once thought of as a being non-addictive stimulant, but now is recognized as a substance capable of creating serious, long-term, and life-threatening dependency.
3. Over 15 million people are regular users of cocaine.
4. What is in the name of the plant that cocaine is refined from? Coca Plant.
5. Kerosene and ether are added to coca leaves to produce cocaine.
6. When a person crashes from cocaine, they enter a depression which causes loss of reflexes and fatigue.
7. What percent of cocaine is contained in street cocaine? 1/10th
8. Lactose is used to delude cocaine.
9. Freebasing is dangerous because of the volatile solvents used in the preparation and ingestion of the drug.
10. Freebasing enables the cocaine to bypass the liver.
11. Paranoia, mental disorders, and health problems are problems that can occur with heavy use of cocaine.
12. The low cost and ready availability has brought about the dramatic rise in the use of crack by teenagers.
13. It takes 8-10 seconds for crack to be distributed throughout every organ of the body.
14. The nervous system is over stimulated with the use of crack.
15. Four heart related problems that cocaine use causes are: Heart beat increases, ventricular articulation, fibrillation, heart attacks.
16.Relapse is very common in the drug user. What do some users switch to during relapse? alcohol abuse.
17. The number one drug threat in the United States is Alcohol.
18. Ethanol is the prime ingredient in all Alcoholic Beverages.
19. What percent alcohol by volume do each of the following consist of?
a) Hard Liquor : 40-45%
b) Beer and ale : 4-7%
c) Wine : 9-21%
20. Judgment is the first area affected by the use of alcohol.
21.BAC determines : alcohol amount
22. The primary sobering up mechanism in the body is the liver which can rid the body of alcohol at a rate of 1 (.o15%) drink(s) per hour
23. Out of every 25 cars on the road, 1 is driven by a drunk driver.
24. 50% of all highway fatalities are alcohol-involved.
25. 6.5 million of the 9 million Americans that are alcoholics are under the age of 18 years old.
26. Aside from affecting judgment, alcohol affects : orientation, intellectual powers, and memory.
27.What does "DT" stand for, and what is it? Delirium Tremors, a violent form caused by withdrawal from heavy alcohol usage.
28. Alcohol enters the bloodstream through the stomach and upper intestines.
29. Inflammation of the stomach is called Gastritis.
30. These three stages of alcoholic related diseases are matched with their definition :
Cirrhosis--scarring of the liver
Alcoholic Hepatitis--severe inflammation of the liver
Fatty Metamorphosis--liver becomes inflamed and tender
31.Gaining acceptance is the primary reason the adolescents abuse alcohol.
32. The term referring to Cannabis Sativa plant is Marijuana.
33. The Marijuana plant can grow to heights as great as 20 feet.
34. Dried leaves and flowering tops of the Cannabis Sativa plant are obtained to produce marijuana.
35. Marijuana has over 421 chemical components, and when smoked increases to over 2,000.
36. A marijuana high lasts 2 to 4 hours.
37. Male marijuana users produce an abundant amount of abnormally formed sperm.
38. Infants conceived by marijuana using mothers have a : reduced birth weight, and a smaller head circumference.
39. The three foreign substances that marijuana joints are dipped into to increase potency are : PCP, formaldehyde, and insecticides.
40. Pep pills, also known as amphetamines are the most widely known and most frequently abused stimulants.
41. Dilated pupils, excessive sweating, and body tremors are symptoms of the use of stimulants.
42. Three forms that depressants come in are : capsules, tablets, and liquid
43. Withdrawal from depressants is marked by delirium and convolutions.
44. Depressants are most commonly known as downers.
45. A hallucinogen user may speak of seeing sounds and hearing colors while under the influence of the drug.
46. LSD can be hidden on the backs of postage stamps.
47. Rye and wheat grain plants produce a fungus in the form of LSD.
48. Schizophrenia resembles the phsycotic behavior of a person under the influence of PCP.
49. PCP is used in the practice of medicine as agents in relieving intense pain.
50. Heroin, the most popular narcotic, is synthesised from morphine and is 10 times as potent.
51. The intensity of a narcotic withdrawal is directly related to the amount of drug usage.
52. A $125,000 fine and a 15 year prison sentence is carried with the possession of Ecstasy.
53. Designer Drugs are named because of their attempt to circumspect the law, are expensive to produce, and are very pungent to the user.
54. The primary reason inhalants are experimented with are peer pressure and the cheap high.
55. The largest group of inhalant users are adolescents.
56. Body functions are slowed down by the use of inhalants.
57. In the 1970's 700 deaths were attributed to inhalant abuse.
58. The third leading cause of death among youths is suicide.