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Drug Facts

  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Non-pharmaceutical fentanyl is sold in the following forms: as a powder; spiked on blotter paper; mixed with or substituted for heroin; or as tablets that mimic other, less potent opioids.
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • 5,477 individuals were found guilty of crack cocaine-related crimes. More than 95% of these offenders had been involved in crack cocaine trafficking.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Ativan is faster acting and more addictive than other Benzodiazepines.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • 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.
  • Ritalin and related 'hyperactivity' type drugs can be found almost anywhere.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • High dosages of ketamine can lead to the feeling of an out of body experience or even death.
  • Hydrocodone is used in combination with other chemicals and is available in prescription pain medications as tablets, capsules and syrups.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Mixing sedatives such as Ambien with alcohol can be harmful, even leading to death
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.

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