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Drug Facts

  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.
  • Those who complete prison-based treatment and continue with treatment in the community have the best outcomes.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive drug and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is also known as Big H, Black Tar, Chiva, Hell Dust, Horse, Negra, Smack,Thunder
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • 90% of Americans with a substance abuse problem started smoking marijuana, drinking or using other drugs before age 18.
  • Rates of K2 Spice use have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • 33.1 percent of 15-year-olds report that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives.
  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.
  • Short term rehab effectively helps more women than men, even though they may have suffered more traumatic situations than men did.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • In 2012, Ambien was prescribed 43.8 million times in the United States.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Crystal Meth is the world's second most popular illicit drug.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • Another man on 'a mission from God' was stopped by police driving near an industrial park in Texas.

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