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Drug Facts

  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.
  • 28% of teens know at least 1 person who has tried ecstasy.
  • In 2009, a Wisconsin man sleepwalked outside and froze to death after taking Ambien.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • 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 New Hampshire Department of Corrections reports 85 percent of inmates arrive at the state prison with a history of substance abuse.
  • 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.
  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • Penalties for possession, delivery and manufacturing of Ecstasy can include jail sentences of four years to life, and fines from $250,000 to $4 million, depending on the amount of the drug you have in your possession.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.
  • Drug addicts are not the only ones affected by drug addiction.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.

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