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Drug Facts

  • US National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • Disability-Adjusted Life-Years (DALYs): A measure of years of life lost or lived in less than full health.
  • People who use heroin regularly are likely to develop a physical dependence.
  • Over 23.5 million people need treatment for illegal drugs.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • The United States spends over 560 Billion Dollars for pain relief.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.
  • In its purest form, heroin is a fine white powder
  • Bath Salt use has been linked to violent behavior, however not all stories are violent.
  • Adderall use (often prescribed to treat ADHD) has increased among high school seniors from 5.4% in 2009 to 7.5% this year.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Ketamine can be swallowed, snorted or injected.
  • 54% of high school seniors do not think regular steroid use is harmful, the lowest number since 1980, when the National Institute on Drug Abuse started asking about perception on steroids.
  • Steroids can cause disfiguring ailments such as baldness in girls and severe acne in all who use them.
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.

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