Alcohol
Why does alcohol affect men and women differently?
Women's bodies are generally smaller and have less body water so alcohol concentrations rise more quickly.
Eight percent of people aged 12 or older have a substance use disorder.
Fiction
In 2023, 17.1% of people aged 12 or older had a SUD, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health
DEA lab testing reveals that five out of every ten fake pills with fentanyl contain a potentially lethal dose.
FACT
The figure fell from 7/10 in 2023. Read more about
Bennies refer to:
Amphetamines
Pregnant women are advised not to drink: Why?
Alcohol can harm an unborn baby in various ways. Birth defects increase significantly, these abnormalities are called Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
Drug overdose deaths have more than doubled from 2012 to 2022.
Fact.
Drug overdose deaths have skyrocketed from around 40K in 2012 to more than 107K in 2022, report the NIDA.
Broccoli, Budda, Skunk and Bush refer to kinds of:
Marijuana
Other terms: ganja, herb, cali, reefer, purple haze, trees, chronic, dojo, killa, Mary jane, gorilla
Those who persistently drink too much can become addicted to alcohol. Kicking the habit is exceptionally difficult. Why?
Because withdrawals are terrible! There is tolerance and addiction.
Tolerance is when a person needs more and more alcohol to achieve same effect. Addiction means a person can no longer cope without alcohol.
Deaths from drug overdoses involving cocaine have increased every year since 2013.
Fact.
Deaths from drug overdoses involving cocaine have surged from 4944 in 2013 to 27675 in 2022 according to DEAs 2020 and 2024 Nat Drug Threat assessments.
Other names for cocaine include all of the below except:
Cola, Crank, Schoolboy, Yayo
Crank
Other terms: white, bazooka, thunder cocaine, freeze, heaven, powder, bobo, pearl, nose powder, galaxy.
The following are effects of a heroin overdose: slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and possible death.
FACT.
The drug slang term 'white girl' could refer to:
Cocaine, Heroin, & Fentanyl
Fentanyl is five times more potent than heroin and ten times more potent than morphine.
FICTION -
Fentanyl is 50X more potent than heroin and 100X more potent than morphine.