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Drug Facts

  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.
  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • 75% of most designer drugs are consumed by adolescents and younger adults.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • The Barbituric acid compound was made from malonic apple acid and animal urea.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • Drug use can interfere with the healthy birth of a baby.
  • Rohypnol (The Date Rape Drug) is more commonly known as "roofies".
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • Heroin is a drug that is processed from morphine.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Nitrates are also inhalants that come in the form of leather cleaners and room deodorizers.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • 12.4 million Americans aged 12 or older tried Ecstasy at least once in their lives, representing 5% of the US population in that age group.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.

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