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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • The United States consumes over 75% of the world's prescription medications.
  • In the 20th Century Barbiturates were Prescribed as sedatives, anesthetics, anxiolytics, and anti-convulsants
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • The coca leaf is mainly located in South America and its consumption has dated back to 3000 BC.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Women who drink have more health and social problems than men who drink
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Crystal meth is a stimulant that can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • Nicotine stays in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Opiates work well to relieve pain. But you can get addicted to them quickly, if you don't use them correctly.
  • In 1981, Alprazolam released to the United States drug market.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.

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