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Drug Facts

  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • American dies from a prescription drug overdose every 19 minutes.
  • In the United States, deaths from pain medication abuse are outnumbering deaths from traffic accidents in young adults.
  • The United States consumes 80% of the world's pain medication while only having 6% of the world's population.
  • Opiates work well to relieve pain. But you can get addicted to them quickly, if you don't use them correctly.
  • 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.
  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • Tens of millions of Americans use prescription medications non-medically every year.
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Those who complete prison-based treatment and continue with treatment in the community have the best outcomes.
  • Use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafejust like driving after drinking alcohol.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.
  • Women are at a higher risk than men for liver damage, brain damage and heart damage due to alcohol intake.
  • 15.2% of 8th graders report they have used Marijuana.
  • Adderall is a Schedule II controlled substance, meaning that it has a high potential for addiction.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.

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