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Drug Facts

  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Ketamine is popular at dance clubs and "raves", unfortunately, some people (usually female) are not aware they have been dosed.
  • In 1990, 600,000 children in the U.S. were on stimulant medication for A.D.H.D.
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • Depressants are widely used to relieve stress, induce sleep and relieve anxiety.
  • Over 20 million individuals were abusing Darvocet before any limitations were put on the drug.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • In addition, users may have cracked teeth due to extreme jaw-clenching during a Crystral Meth high.
  • 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.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • 50% of teens believe that taking prescription drugs is much safer than using illegal street drugs.
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • 12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.1
  • Approximately 28% of teens know at least one person who has used Ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one person who has tried it.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.

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