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Drug Facts

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.
Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
Hallucinogen rates have risen by over 30% over the past twenty years.
Codeine is a prescription drug, and is part of a group of drugs known as opioids.
The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
Today, a total of 12 Barbiturates are under international control.
Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
Approximately 3% of high school seniors say they have tried heroin at least once in the past year.
Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.
54% of high school seniors do not think regular steroid use is harmful, the lowest number since 1980, when the National Institute on Drug Abuse started asking about perception on steroids.
Two thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers got them from family or friends, often without their knowledge, such as stealing them from the medicine cabinet.
50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
93% of the world's opium supply came from Afghanistan.
Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.
Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
Stimulants are found in every day household items such as tobacco, nicotine and daytime cough medicine.

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