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Drug Facts

  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.
  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their first time.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • People who use marijuana believe it to be harmless and want it legalized.
  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Bath Salts attributed to approximately 22,000 ER visits in 2011.
  • Hydrocodone is used in combination with other chemicals and is available in prescription pain medications as tablets, capsules and syrups.
  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Between 2006 and 2010, 9 out of 10 antidepressant patents expired, resulting in a huge loss of pharmaceutical companies.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • 9% of teens in a recent study reported using prescription pain relievers not prescribed for them in the past year, and 5% (1 in 20) reported doing so in the past month.3

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