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Drug Facts

  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • 1 in every 9 high school seniors has tried synthetic marijuana (also known as 'Spice' or 'K2').
  • 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.
  • 60% of High Schoolers, 32% of Middle Schoolers have seen drugs used, kept or sold on school grounds.
  • Millions of dollars per month are spent trafficking illegal drugs.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.1
  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • Today, teens are 10 times more likely to use Steroids than in 1991.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • Today, a total of 12 Barbiturates are under international control.
  • It is estimated 20.4 million people age 12 or older have tried methamphetamine at sometime in their lives.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • Heroin use more than doubled among young adults ages 1825 in the past decade
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Excessive use of alcohol can lead to sexual impotence.
  • Disability-Adjusted Life-Years (DALYs): A measure of years of life lost or lived in less than full health.

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