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Drug Facts

  • One in ten high school seniors in the US admits to abusing prescription painkillers.
  • 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.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • 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).
  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • Abused by an estimated one in five teens, prescription drugs are second only to alcohol and marijuana as the substances they use to get high.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Alcohol-Impaired-Driving Fatality: A fatality in a crash involving a driver or motorcycle rider (operator) with a BAC of 0.08 g/dL or greater.
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • 12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.1
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Ecstasy is sometimes mixed with substances such as rat poison.
  • At least half of the suspects arrested for murder and assault were under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
  • Drug overdoses are the cause of 90% of deaths from poisoning.
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • Steroids can stay in one's system for three weeks if taken orally and up to 3-6 months if injected.

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