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Drug Facts

  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • 26.9 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they engaged in binge drinking in the past month.
  • There were over 1.8 million Americans 12 or older who used a hallucinogen or inhalant for the first time. (1.1 million among hallucinogens)
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • Codeine is a prescription drug, and is part of a group of drugs known as opioids.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • Over 6 million people have ever admitted to using PCP in their lifetimes.
  • 22.7 million people (as of 2007) have reported using LSD in their lifetime.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • The generic form of Oxycontin poses a bigger threat to those who abuse it, raising the number of poison control center calls remarkably.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • Alcohol misuse cost the United States $249.0 billion.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Gases can be medical products or household items or commercial products.

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