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Drug Facts

  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • In 2005, 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. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.
  • The United States consumes 80% of the world's pain medication while only having 6% of the world's population.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Tweaking makes achieving the original high difficult, causing frustration and unstable behavior in the user.
  • 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.
  • Cocaine use can lead to death from respiratory (breathing) failure, stroke, cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain) or heart attack.
  • Ritalin is easy to get, and cheap.
  • The effects of ecstasy are usually felt about 20 minutes to an hour after it's taken and last for around 6 hours.
  • Substance abuse and addiction also affects other areas, such as broken families, destroyed careers, death due to negligence or accident, domestic violence, physical abuse, and child abuse.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Rohypnol causes a person to black out or forget what happened to them.
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.
  • Crack cocaine earned the nickname crack because of the cracking sound it makes when it is heated.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.

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