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Drug Facts

  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • Most people try heroin for the first time in their late teens or early 20s. Anyone can become addictedall races, genders, and ethnicities.
  • Drug overdoses are the cause of 90% of deaths from poisoning.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • Today, it remains a very problematic and popular drug, as it's cheap to produce and much cheaper to purchase than powder cocaine.
  • Approximately 1,800 people 12 and older tried cocaine for the first time in 2011.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • Ecstasy use has been 12 times more prevalent since it became known as club drug.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Crack cocaine was introduced into society in 1985.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for sedatives.
  • 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.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • Texas is one of the hardest states on drug offenses.
  • An estimated 20 percent of U.S. college students are afflicted with Alcoholism.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • The United States consumes over 75% of the world's prescription medications.

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