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Drug Facts

  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • 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.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Ketamine is actually a tranquilizer most commonly used in veterinary practice on animals.
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Crystal meth is a stimulant that can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.
  • More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • In 2012, over 16 million adults were prescribed Adderall.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • At least half of the suspects arrested for murder and assault were under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
  • The generic form of Oxycontin poses a bigger threat to those who abuse it, raising the number of poison control center calls remarkably.
  • Cigarettes can kill you and they are the leading preventable cause of death.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.

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