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Drug Facts

  • There have been over 1.2 million people admitting to using using methamphetamine within the past year.
  • 13% of 9th graders report they have tried prescription painkillers to get high.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.
  • Roughly 20 percent of college students meet the criteria for an AUD.29
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • In treatment, the drug abuser is taught to break old patterns of behavior, action and thinking. All While learning new skills for avoiding drug use and criminal behavior.
  • US National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • Subutex use has increased by over 66% within just two years.
  • Approximately 1,800 people 12 and older tried cocaine for the first time in 2011.
  • Even if you smoke just a few cigarettes a week, you can get addicted to nicotine in a few weeks or even days. The more cigarettes you smoke, the more likely you are to become addicted.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug.
  • Approximately, 57 percent of Steroid users have admitted to knowing that their lives could be shortened because of it.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.

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