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Drug Facts

  • 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • The younger you are, the more likely you are to become addicted to nicotine. If you're a teenager, your risk is especially high.
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Two thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers got them from family or friends, often without their knowledge, such as stealing them from the medicine cabinet.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • In 2010, around 13 million people have abused methamphetamines in their life and approximately 350,000 people were regular users. This number increased by over 80,000 the following year.
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • 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.
  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs.
  • 26.9 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they engaged in binge drinking in the past month.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.

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