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Drug Facts

  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
  • 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).
  • Other psychological symptoms include manic behavior, psychosis (losing touch with reality) and aggression, commonly known as 'Roid Rage'.
  • 70% to 80% of the world's cocaine comes from Columbia.
  • In its purest form, heroin is a fine white powder
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Today, a total of 12 Barbiturates are under international control.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • Alcohol is the most likely substance for someone to become addicted to in America.
  • Drug use can interfere with the healthy birth of a baby.
  • Local pharmacies often bought - throat lozenges containing Cocaine in bulk and packaged them for sale under their own labels.
  • Oxycodone stays in the system 1-10 days.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • It is estimated 20.4 million people age 12 or older have tried methamphetamine at sometime in their lives.
  • 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.
  • Approximately 122,000 people have admitted to using PCP in the past year.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP. The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.

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