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Drug Facts

  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • 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.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • Over 20 million Americans over the age of 12 have an addiction (excluding tobacco).
  • Adderall originally came about by accident.
  • Every day in America, approximately 10 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are diagnosed with HIV/AIDSand many of them are infected through risky behaviors associated with drug use.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • 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
  • 60% of High Schoolers, 32% of Middle Schoolers have seen drugs used, kept or sold on school grounds.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • Drug addiction and abuse can be linked to at least of all major crimes committed in the United States.
  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion annually.
  • Crack causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • Long-term effects from use of crack cocaine include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • In 1904, Barbiturates were introduced for further medicinal purposes

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