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Drug Facts

  • Deaths related to painkillers have risen by over 180% over the last ten years.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • In Hamilton County, 7,300 people were served by street outreach, emergency shelter and transitional housing programs in 2007, according to the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care for the Homeless.
  • Oxycodone stays in the system 1-10 days.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
  • A biochemical abnormality in the liver forms in 80 percent of Steroid users.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Ativan abuse often results in dizziness, hallucinations, weakness, depression and poor motor coordination.
  • 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.
  • Predatory drugs metabolize quickly so that they are not in the system when the victim is medically examined.
  • By 8th grade 15% of kids have used marijuana.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Mixing Ambien with alcohol can cause respiratory distress, coma and death.
  • In 2011, non-medical use of Alprazolam resulted in 123,744 emergency room visits.

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