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Drug Facts

  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Adderall use (often prescribed to treat ADHD) has increased among high school seniors from 5.4% in 2009 to 7.5% this year.
  • Smoking tobacco can cause a miscarriage or a premature birth.
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Authority receive over 10,500 reports of clonazepam abuse every year, and the rate is increasing.
  • Some common street names for Amphetamines include: speed, uppers, black mollies, blue mollies, Benz and wake ups.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • About 50% of high school seniors do not think it's harmful to try crack or cocaine once or twice and 40% believe it's not harmful to use heroin once or twice.

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