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Drug Facts

  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • The generic form of Oxycontin poses a bigger threat to those who abuse it, raising the number of poison control center calls remarkably.
  • People who abuse anabolic steroids usually take them orally or inject them into the muscles.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Approximately 28% of Utah adults 18-25 indicated binge drinking in the past months of 2006.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • The United States produces on average 300 tons of barbiturates per year.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.
  • There were over 1.8 million Americans 12 or older who used a hallucinogen or inhalant for the first time. (1.1 million among hallucinogens)
  • Other psychological symptoms include manic behavior, psychosis (losing touch with reality) and aggression, commonly known as 'Roid Rage'.
  • 12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.1

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