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Drug Facts

  • The United States consumes over 75% of the world's prescription medications.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Bath Salts attributed to approximately 22,000 ER visits in 2011.
  • 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.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • Over 20 million individuals were abusing Darvocet before any limitations were put on the drug.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • Prescription medications are legal drugs.
  • 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.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • Taking Ecstasy can cause liver failure.

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