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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • 193,717 people were admitted to Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs in California in 2006.
  • Steroids can stay in one's system for three weeks if taken orally and up to 3-6 months if injected.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • 8.6% of 12th graders have used hallucinogens 4% report on using LSD specifically.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • According to a new survey, nearly two thirds of young women in the United Kingdom admitted to binge drinking so excessively they had no memory of the night before the next morning.
  • Ecstasy can cause kidney, liver and brain damage, including long-lasting lesions (injuries) on brain tissue.
  • In treatment, the drug abuser is taught to break old patterns of behavior, action and thinking. All While learning new skills for avoiding drug use and criminal behavior.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • There were over 1.8 million Americans 12 or older who used a hallucinogen or inhalant for the first time. (1.1 million among hallucinogens)
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • In 2012, nearly 2.5 million individuals abused prescription drugs for the first time.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.

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