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Drug Facts

  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Stimulant drugs, such as Adderall, are the second most abused drug on college campuses, next to Marijuana.
  • K2 and Spice are synthetic marijuana compounds, also known as cannabinoids.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • 75% of most designer drugs are consumed by adolescents and younger adults.
  • Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.1
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • Cocaine causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.
  • The sale of painkillers has increased by over 300% since 1999.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.
  • The duration of cocaine's effects depends on the route of administration.
  • Over 80% of individuals have confidence that prescription drug abuse will only continue to grow.

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