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Drug Facts

  • 64% of teens say they have used prescription pain killers that they got from a friend or family member.
  • 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.
  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
  • 12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.1
  • One in ten high school seniors in the US admits to abusing prescription painkillers.
  • Ecstasy can cause kidney, liver and brain damage, including long-lasting lesions (injuries) on brain tissue.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • Never, absolutely NEVER, buy drugs over the internet. It is not as safe as walking into a pharmacy. You honestly do not know what you are going to get or who is going to intervene in the online message.
  • MDMA is known on the streets as: Molly, ecstasy, XTC, X, E, Adam, Eve, clarity, hug, beans, love drug, lovers' speed, peace, uppers.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • 45%of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • During this time, Anti-Depressant use among all ages increased by almost 400 percent.
  • 26.7% of 10th graders reported using Marijuana.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.

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