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Drug Facts

  • There are more than 200 identified synthetic drug compounds and more than 90 different synthetic drug marijuana compounds.
  • Most people try heroin for the first time in their late teens or early 20s. Anyone can become addictedall races, genders, and ethnicities.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.1
  • Methadone accounts for nearly one third of opiate-associated deaths.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • 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.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.
  • In 2009, a Wisconsin man sleepwalked outside and froze to death after taking Ambien.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • 22.7 million people (as of 2007) have reported using LSD in their lifetime.
  • Steroids damage hormones, causing guys to grow breasts and girls to grow beards and facial hair.

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