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Drug Facts

  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.1
  • More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.
  • The number of habitual cocaine users has declined by 75% since 1986, but it's still a popular drug for many people.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • In Russia, Krokodil is estimated to kill 30,000 people each year.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • There were over 190,000 hospitalizations in the U.S. in 2008 due to inhalant poisoning.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misuing or abusing are prescription medications.3
  • Crack Cocaine is the riskiest form of a Cocaine substance.
  • Depressants are widely used to relieve stress, induce sleep and relieve anxiety.
  • There are more than 200 identified synthetic drug compounds and more than 90 different synthetic drug marijuana compounds.
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.

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