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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • 193,717 people were admitted to Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs in California in 2006.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • The coca leaf is mainly located in South America and its consumption has dated back to 3000 BC.
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.
  • 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.
  • Inhalants are a form of drug use that is entirely too easy to get and more lethal than kids comprehend.
  • 1.1 million people each year use hallucinogens for the first time.
  • Street names for fentanyl or for fentanyl-laced heroin include Apache, China Girl, China White, Dance Fever, Friend, Goodfella, Jackpot, Murder 8, TNT, and Tango and Cash.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Its rock form is far more addictive and potent than its powder form.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • Alcohol is the number one substance-related cause of depression in people.
  • LSD disrupts the normal functioning of the brain, making you see images, hear sounds and feel sensations that seem real but aren't.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.

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