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Drug Facts

  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Rohypnol (The Date Rape Drug) is more commonly known as "roofies".
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • Adderall on the streets is known as: Addies, Study Drugs, the Smart Drug.
  • Almost 1 in every 4 teens in America say they have misused or abused a prescription drug.3
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription 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.
  • Cocaine stays in one's system for 1-5 days.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.

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