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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Over 210,000,000 opioids are prescribed by pharmaceutical companies a year.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.
  • LSD disrupts the normal functioning of the brain, making you see images, hear sounds and feel sensations that seem real but aren't.
  • Pure Cocaine is extracted from the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca bush.
  • Heroin use more than doubled among young adults ages 1825 in the past decade
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • Taking Ecstasy can cause liver failure.
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous drugs known to man.
  • The duration of cocaine's effects depends on the route of administration.
  • Emergency room admissions due to Subutex abuse has risen by over 200% in just three years.
  • 11.6% of those arrested used crack in the previous week.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • 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.
  • Prolonged use of cocaine can cause ulcers in the nostrils.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.

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