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Drug Facts

  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • Popular among children and parents were the Cocaine toothache drops.
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • By 8th grade 15% of kids have used marijuana.
  • PCP (known as Angel Dust) stays in the system 1-8 days.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • In 2009, a Wisconsin man sleepwalked outside and froze to death after taking Ambien.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Dual Diagnosis treatment is specially designed for those suffering from an addiction as well as an underlying mental health issue.
  • Women born after World War 2 were more inclined to become alcoholics than those born before 1943.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.

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