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Drug Facts

  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Emergency room admissions due to Subutex abuse has risen by over 200% in just three years.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • In 2013, more high school seniors regularly used marijuana than cigarettes as 22.7% smoked pot in the last month, compared to 16.3% who smoked cigarettes.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • Crack Cocaine is the riskiest form of a Cocaine substance.
  • Underage Drinking: Alcohol use by anyone under the age of 21. In the United States, the legal drinking age is 21.
  • Over 26 percent of all Ambien-related ER cases were admitted to a critical care unit or ICU.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • US National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • 28% of teens know at least 1 person who has tried ecstasy.

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