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Drug Facts

  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • 10 to 22% of automobile accidents involve drivers who are using drugs.
  • The United States produces on average 300 tons of barbiturates per year.
  • 15.2% of 8th graders report they have used Marijuana.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
  • Statistics say that prohibition made Alcohol abuse worse, with more people drinking more than ever.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Inhalants are sniffed or breathed in where they are absorbed quickly by the lungs, this is commonly referred to as "huffing" or "bagging".
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Drug addicts are not the only ones affected by drug addiction.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • Alcohol is the number one substance-related cause of depression in people.
  • In 1990, 600,000 children in the U.S. were on stimulant medication for A.D.H.D.
  • Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
  • Cocaine causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.

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