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Drug Facts

  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Every day, we have over 8,100 NEW drug users in America. That's 3.1 million new users every year.
  • More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • There are programs for alcohol addiction.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • Many smokers say they have trouble cutting down on the amount of cigarettes they smoke. This is a sign of addiction.
  • Gangs, whether street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs or even prison gangs, distribute more drugs on the streets of the U.S. than any other person or persons do.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • Excessive use of alcohol can lead to sexual impotence.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • 1 in 5 adolescents have admitted to using tranquilizers for nonmedical purposes.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Nicotine stays in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.

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