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Drug Facts

  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • GHB is usually ingested in liquid form and is most similar to a high dosage of alcohol in its effect.
  • Drug use can interfere with the healthy birth of a baby.
  • Over 13 million Americans have admitted to abusing CNS stimulants.
  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • 60% of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15.
  • Younger war veterans (ages 18-25) have a higher likelihood of succumbing to a drug or alcohol addiction.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • Soon following its introduction, Cocaine became a common household drug.
  • Methamphetamine has many nicknamesmeth, crank, chalk or speed being the most common.
  • Ketamine is actually a tranquilizer most commonly used in veterinary practice on animals.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.

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