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Drug Facts

  • Between 2002 and 2006, over a half million of teens aged 12 to 17 had used inhalants.
  • Drugs and alcohol do not discriminate no matter what your gender, race, age or political affiliation addiction can affect you if you let it.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Used illicitly, stimulants can lead to delirium and paranoia.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Non-pharmaceutical fentanyl is sold in the following forms: as a powder; spiked on blotter paper; mixed with or substituted for heroin; or as tablets that mimic other, less potent opioids.
  • The number of habitual cocaine users has declined by 75% since 1986, but it's still a popular drug for many people.
  • 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.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Nationally, illicit drug use has more than doubled among 50-59-year-old since 2002
  • More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • 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.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.

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