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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • In 2007, 33 counties in California reported the seizure of clandestine labs, compared with 21 counties reporting seizing labs in 2006.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • The same year, an Ohio man broke into a stranger's home to decorate for Christmas.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Gangs, whether street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs or even prison gangs, distribute more drugs on the streets of the U.S. than any other person or persons do.
  • Some designer drugs have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • The younger you are, the more likely you are to become addicted to nicotine. If you're a teenager, your risk is especially high.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • More than 100,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S., due to their mothers' use of the drug during pregnancy.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Steroids are often abused by those who want to build muscle mass.
  • Steroids can cause disfiguring ailments such as baldness in girls and severe acne in all who use them.

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