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Drug Facts

  • More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.
  • Over 53 Million Oxycodone prescriptions are filled each year.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • The United States consumes over 75% of the world's prescription medications.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • In 2013, that number increased to 3.5 million children on stimulants.
  • 11.6% of those arrested used crack in the previous week.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Over 60% of all deaths from overdose are attributed to prescription drug abuse.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • The Department of Justice listed the Chicago metro area as the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments.

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