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Drug Facts

  • Alcohol is the most likely substance for someone to become addicted to in America.
  • 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.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • In 2007, 33 counties in California reported the seizure of clandestine labs, compared with 21 counties reporting seizing labs in 2006.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • 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.
  • Crack cocaine was introduced into society in 1985.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • More than9 in 10people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Inhalants are a form of drug use that is entirely too easy to get and more lethal than kids comprehend.
  • In 1993, inhalation (42%) was the most frequently used route of administration among primary Methamphetamine admissions.
  • Women who had an alcoholic parent are more likely to become an alcoholic than men who have an alcoholic parent.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • 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).
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.

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