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Drug Facts

  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Drug overdoses are the cause of 90% of deaths from poisoning.
  • 11.6% of those arrested used crack in the previous week.
  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • 10 million people aged 12 or older reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • Underage Drinking: Alcohol use by anyone under the age of 21. In the United States, the legal drinking age is 21.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • GHB is a popular drug at teen parties and "raves".
  • Methamphetamine can cause cardiac damage, elevates heart rate and blood pressure, and can cause a variety of cardiovascular problems, including rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, and increased blood pressure.
  • Over 60% of all deaths from overdose are attributed to prescription drug abuse.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • Deaths from Alcohol poisoning are most common among the ages 35-64.
  • Inhalants are a form of drug use that is entirely too easy to get and more lethal than kids comprehend.

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