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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.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • 12.4 million Americans aged 12 or older tried Ecstasy at least once in their lives, representing 5% of the US population in that age group.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Methamphetamine can be detected for 2-4 days in a person's system.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • Crystal Meth use can cause insomnia, anxiety, and violent or psychotic behavior.
  • The sale of painkillers has increased by over 300% since 1999.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • 'Crack' is Cocaine cooked into rock form by processing it with ammonia or baking soda.
  • 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
  • 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.
  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • Crack cocaine earned the nickname crack because of the cracking sound it makes when it is heated.
  • Taking Ecstasy can cause liver failure.
  • Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time
  • Adderall is a Schedule II controlled substance, meaning that it has a high potential for addiction.
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.

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