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Drug Facts

  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • Crack cocaine is one of the most powerful illegal drugs when it comes to producing psychological dependence.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Teens who have open communication with their parents are half as likely to try drugs, yet only a quarter of adolescents state that they have had conversations with their parents regarding drugs.
  • After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misuing or abusing are prescription medications.3
  • Women who had an alcoholic parent are more likely to become an alcoholic than men who have an alcoholic parent.
  • Overdose deaths linked to Benzodiazepines, like Ativan, have seen a 4.3-fold increase from 2002 to 2015.
  • 37% of individuals claim that the United States is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • The United States consumes 80% of the world's pain medication while only having 6% of the world's population.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.

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