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Drug Facts

  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Illegal drug use is declining while prescription drug abuse is rising thanks to online pharmacies and illegal selling.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • One in five adolescents have admitted to abusing inhalants.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Oxycodone comes in a number of forms including capsules, tablets, liquid and suppositories. It also comes in a variety of strengths.
  • 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.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • 5,477 individuals were found guilty of crack cocaine-related crimes. More than 95% of these offenders had been involved in crack cocaine trafficking.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • Alprazolam is a generic form of the Benzodiazepine, Xanax.
  • About one in ten Americans over the age of 12 take an Anti-Depressant.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.

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