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Drug Facts

  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • Opiate-based abuse causes over 17,000 deaths annually.
  • 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.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • Used illicitly, stimulants can lead to delirium and paranoia.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • In the 20th Century Barbiturates were Prescribed as sedatives, anesthetics, anxiolytics, and anti-convulsants
  • Methadone accounts for nearly one third of opiate-associated deaths.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Cocaine use can lead to death from respiratory (breathing) failure, stroke, cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain) or heart attack.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • Over 500,000 individuals have abused Ambien.
  • 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.
  • Alcohol is the number one substance-related cause of depression in people.
  • 7.6% of teens use the prescription drug Aderall.

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