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Drug Facts

  • 90% of Americans with a substance abuse problem started smoking marijuana, drinking or using other drugs before age 18.
  • Women are at a higher risk than men for liver damage, brain damage and heart damage due to alcohol intake.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • GHB is a popular drug at teen parties and "raves".
  • 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.
  • The United States produces on average 300 tons of barbiturates per year.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • 60% of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.
  • Millions of dollars per month are spent trafficking illegal drugs.
  • Over 13 million Americans have admitted to abusing CNS stimulants.
  • Some common street names for Amphetamines include: speed, uppers, black mollies, blue mollies, Benz and wake ups.
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • 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.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • There were over 190,000 hospitalizations in the U.S. in 2008 due to inhalant poisoning.
  • Amphetamines + some antidepressants: elevated blood pressure, which can lead to irregular heartbeat, heart failure and stroke.
  • Many smokers say they have trouble cutting down on the amount of cigarettes they smoke. This is a sign of addiction.
  • Meth can lead to your body overheating, to convulsions and to comas, eventually killing you.

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