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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Predatory drugs metabolize quickly so that they are not in the system when the victim is medically examined.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Bath Salts attributed to approximately 22,000 ER visits in 2011.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • Marijuana can stay in a person's system for 3-5 days, however, if you are a heavy user, it can be detected up to 30 days.
  • Over 26 percent of all Ambien-related ER cases were admitted to a critical care unit or ICU.
  • 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.

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