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Drug Facts

  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • Crack comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow to pale rose or white.
  • Cocaine hydrochloride is most commonly snorted. It can also be injected, rubbed into the gums, added to drinks or food.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • 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.
  • Each year, over 5,000 people under the age of 21 die from Alcohol-related incidents in the U.S alone.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • Nationally, illicit drug use has more than doubled among 50-59-year-old since 2002
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.
  • Ketamine is used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic. It is sometimes used illegally by people to get 'high'.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time
  • Sniffing paint is a common form of inhalant abuse.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1

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