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Drug Facts

  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • Women who had an alcoholic parent are more likely to become an alcoholic than men who have an alcoholic parent.
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • In its purest form, heroin is a fine white powder
  • Barbiturate Overdose is known to result in Pneumonia, severe muscle damage, coma and death.
  • Krododil users rarely live more than one year after taking it.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Oxycodone stays in the system 1-10 days.
  • Its rock form is far more addictive and potent than its powder form.
  • Ambien is a sedative-hypnotic known to cause hallucinations, suicidal thoughts and death.
  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • In Utah, more than 95,000 adults and youths need substance-abuse treatment services, according to the Utah Division of Substance and Mental Health 2007 annual report.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.

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