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Drug Facts

  • 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.
  • In 2005, 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. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • 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.
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.
  • In 2013, more high school seniors regularly used marijuana than cigarettes as 22.7% smoked pot in the last month, compared to 16.3% who smoked cigarettes.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • Many people wrongly imprisoned under conspiracy laws are women who did nothing more than pick up a phone and take a message for their spouse, boyfriend, child or neighbor.
  • 1/3 of teenagers who live in states with medical marijuana laws get their pot from other people's prescriptions.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Ketamine can be swallowed, snorted or injected.
  • Today, a total of 12 Barbiturates are under international control.
  • In the year 2006 a total of 13,693 people were admitted to Drug rehab or Alcohol rehab programs in Arkansas.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.

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