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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.
  • After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misuing or abusing are prescription medications.3
  • Drug use can interfere with the healthy birth of a baby.
  • Nearly 23 Million people are in need of treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • The United States produces on average 300 tons of barbiturates per year.
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Adderall was brought to the prescription drug market as a new way to treat A.D.H.D in 1996, slowly replacing Ritalin.
  • 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.
  • In 2011, non-medical use of Alprazolam resulted in 123,744 emergency room visits.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Over 13 million Americans have admitted to abusing CNS stimulants.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.

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