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Drug Facts

  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Alcohol misuse cost the United States $249.0 billion.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Other names of Cocaine include C, coke, nose candy, snow, white lady, toot, Charlie, blow, white dust or stardust.
  • Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • Peyote is approximately 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Drinking behavior in women differentiates according to their age; many resemble the pattern of their husbands, single friends or married friends, whichever is closest to their own lifestyle and age.
  • Ecstasy use has been 12 times more prevalent since it became known as club drug.
  • Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.1
  • Crack cocaine is derived from powdered cocaine offering a euphoric high that is even more stimulating than powdered cocaine.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • Illegal drug use is declining while prescription drug abuse is rising thanks to online pharmacies and illegal selling.
  • About 50% of high school seniors do not think it's harmful to try crack or cocaine once or twice and 40% believe it's not harmful to use heroin once or twice.
  • 9% of teens in a recent study reported using prescription pain relievers not prescribed for them in the past year, and 5% (1 in 20) reported doing so in the past month.3
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.

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