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Drug Facts

  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • Another man on 'a mission from God' was stopped by police driving near an industrial park in Texas.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • Ritalin and related 'hyperactivity' type drugs can be found almost anywhere.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Nearly 2/3 of those found in addiction recovery centers report sexual or physical abuse as children.
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • 13% of 9th graders report they have tried prescription painkillers to get high.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Women who drink have more health and social problems than men who drink
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • In Hamilton County, 7,300 people were served by street outreach, emergency shelter and transitional housing programs in 2007, according to the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care for the Homeless.
  • Cocaine comes in two forms. One is a powder and the other is a rock. The rock form of cocaine is referred to as crack cocaine.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Today, a total of 12 Barbiturates are under international control.
  • 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
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.

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