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Drug Facts

  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Over 600,000 people has been reported to have used ecstasy within the last month.
  • The generic form of Oxycontin poses a bigger threat to those who abuse it, raising the number of poison control center calls remarkably.
  • Synthetic drugs, also referred to as designer or club drugs, are chemically-created in a lab to mimic another drug such as marijuana, cocaine or morphine.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • 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.
  • Over 6 million people have ever admitted to using PCP in their lifetimes.
  • In Arizona during the year 2006 a total of 23,656 people were admitted to addiction treatment programs.
  • In Hamilton County, 7,300 people were served by street outreach, emergency shelter and transitional housing programs in 2007, according to the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care for the Homeless.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.

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