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Drug Facts

  • Illegal drug use is declining while prescription drug abuse is rising thanks to online pharmacies and illegal selling.
  • Sniffing paint is a common form of inhalant abuse.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • Cigarettes contain nicotine which is highly addictive.
  • The United States consumes 80% of the world's pain medication while only having 6% of the world's population.
  • Because it is smoked, the effects of crack cocaine are more immediate and more intense than that of powdered cocaine.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Tens of millions of Americans use prescription medications non-medically every year.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • The duration of cocaine's effects depends on the route of administration.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • In 1904, Barbiturates were introduced for further medicinal purposes
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Rohypnol has no odor or taste so it can be put into someone's drink without being detected, which has lead to it being called the "Date Rape Drug".
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • 18 percent of drivers killed in a crash tested positive for at least one drug.

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