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Drug Facts

  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • Steroids are often abused by those who want to build muscle mass.
  • Adderall use (often prescribed to treat ADHD) has increased among high school seniors from 5.4% in 2009 to 7.5% this year.
  • Cigarettes can kill you and they are the leading preventable cause of death.
  • In 2010, U.S. Poison Control Centers received 304 calls regarding Bath Salts.
  • Stimulants are found in every day household items such as tobacco, nicotine and daytime cough medicine.
  • LSD can stay in one's system from a few hours to five days.
  • Studies show that 11 percent of male high schoolers have reported using Steroids at least once.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Family intervention has been found to be upwards of ninety percent successful and professionally conducted interventions have a success rate of near 98 percent.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.

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