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Drug Facts

  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • Around 16 million people at this time are abusing prescription medications.
  • Methamphetamine can cause cardiac damage, elevates heart rate and blood pressure, and can cause a variety of cardiovascular problems, including rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, and increased blood pressure.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Studies in 2013 show that over 1.7 million Americans reported using tranquilizers like Ativan for non-medical reasons.
  • By June 2011, the PCC had received over 3,470 calls about Bath Salts.
  • Amphetamines + some antidepressants: elevated blood pressure, which can lead to irregular heartbeat, heart failure and stroke.
  • In 2003 a total of 4,006 people were admitted to Alaska Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Nearly 6,700 people each day abused a psychotropic medication for the first time.

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