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Drug Facts

  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • In 2011, non-medical use of Alprazolam resulted in 123,744 emergency room visits.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • According to a new survey, nearly two thirds of young women in the United Kingdom admitted to binge drinking so excessively they had no memory of the night before the next morning.
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • Bath salts contain man-made stimulants called cathinone's, which are like amphetamines.
  • At least half of the suspects arrested for murder and assault were under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • Crack cocaine is derived from powdered cocaine offering a euphoric high that is even more stimulating than powdered cocaine.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Crack cocaine was introduced into society in 1985.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication within the last month.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.

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