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Drug Facts

  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Ecstasy is one of the most popular drugs among youth today.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • Over 600,000 people has been reported to have used ecstasy within the last month.
  • There were over 20,000 ecstasy-related emergency room visits in 2011
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • Outlaw motorcycle gangs are primarily into distributing marijuana and methamphetamine.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • In 2007 The California Department of Toxic Substance Control was responsible for clandestine meth lab cleanup costs in Butte County totaling $26,876.00.
  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Approximately 1,800 people 12 and older tried cocaine for the first time in 2011.
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • Popular among children and parents were the Cocaine toothache drops.
  • Drug addicts are not the only ones affected by drug addiction.

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