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Drug Facts

  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Approximately 1.3 million people in Utah reported Methamphetamine use in the past year, and 512,000 reported current or use within in the past month.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • 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'.
  • Taking Steroids raises the risk of aggression and irritability to over 56 percent.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Drug overdoses are the cause of 90% of deaths from poisoning.
  • Hallucinogens do not always produce hallucinations.
  • Crystal meth comes in clear chunky crystals resembling ice and is most commonly smoked.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • Amphetamines + alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines: the body is placed under a high degree of stress as it attempts to deal with the conflicting effects of both types of drugs, which can lead to an overdose.
  • 13% of 9th graders report they have tried prescription painkillers to get high.

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