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Drug Facts

  • Today, teens are 10 times more likely to use Steroids than in 1991.
  • Deaths from Alcohol poisoning are most common among the ages 35-64.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • There are confidential rehab facilities which treat celebrities and executives so they you can get clean without the paparazzi or business associates finding out.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • Over 52% of teens who use bath salts also combine them with other drugs.
  • 1 in every 9 high school seniors has tried synthetic marijuana (also known as 'Spice' or 'K2').
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1

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