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Drug Facts

  • An estimated 88,0009 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women9) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Aerosols are a form of inhalants that include vegetable oil, hair spray, deodorant and spray paint.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • Methamphetamine can cause cardiac damage, elevates heart rate and blood pressure, and can cause a variety of cardiovascular problems, including rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, and increased blood pressure.
  • By June 2011, the PCC had received over 3,470 calls about Bath Salts.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • In 1990, 600,000 children in the U.S. were on stimulant medication for A.D.H.D.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Women in college who drank experienced higher levels of sexual aggression acts from men.
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • 60% of High Schoolers, 32% of Middle Schoolers have seen drugs used, kept or sold on school grounds.
  • Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide and manufactures 74% of illicit opiates. However, Mexico is the leading supplier to the U.S

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