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Drug Facts

  • In 2013, more high school seniors regularly used marijuana than cigarettes as 22.7% smoked pot in the last month, compared to 16.3% who smoked cigarettes.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misuing or abusing are prescription medications.3
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • 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.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • 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.
  • Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).
  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.
  • Steroids are often abused by those who want to build muscle mass.
  • More than 10 percent of U.S. children live with a parent with alcohol problems.
  • Used illicitly, stimulants can lead to delirium and paranoia.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • Sniffing gasoline is a common form of abusing inhalants and can be lethal.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Using Crack Cocaine, even once, can result in life altering addiction.

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