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Drug Facts

  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • 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).
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • Bath Salts cause brain swelling, delirium, seizures, liver failure and heart attacks.
  • Meth users often have bad teeth from poor oral hygiene, dry mouth as meth can crack and deteriorate teeth.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • GHB is usually ingested in liquid form and is most similar to a high dosage of alcohol in its effect.
  • Street gang members primarily turn cocaine into crack cocaine.
  • Emergency room admissions due to Subutex abuse has risen by over 200% in just three years.
  • In 2007, methamphetamine lab seizures increased slightly in California, but remained considerably low compared to years past.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • 60% of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15.
  • Crack cocaine gets its name from how it breaks into little rocks after being produced.

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