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Drug Facts

  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • About 1 in 4 college students report academic consequences from drinking, including missing class, falling behind in class, doing poorly on exams or papers, and receiving lower grades overall.30
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • Approximately 28% of Utah adults 18-25 indicated binge drinking in the past months of 2006.
  • Authority obtains over 10,500 accounts of clonazepam abuse annually.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • 13% of 9th graders report they have tried prescription painkillers to get high.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Codeine is a prescription drug, and is part of a group of drugs known as opioids.
  • Gases can be medical products or household items or commercial products.
  • Meth use in the United States varies geographically, with the highest rate of use in the West and the lowest in the Northeast.
  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.

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