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Alaska Treatment Centers

in Alaska

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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Over 60% of teens report that drugs of some kind are kept, sold, and used at their school.
  • 7.6% of teens use the prescription drug Aderall.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • Depressants are widely used to relieve stress, induce sleep and relieve anxiety.
  • Since 2000, non-illicit drugs such as oxycodone, fentanyl and methadone contribute more to overdose fatalities in Utah than illicit drugs such as heroin.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.
  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • Synthetic drugs, also referred to as designer or club drugs, are chemically-created in a lab to mimic another drug such as marijuana, cocaine or morphine.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • In 1981, Alprazolam released to the United States drug market.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Alcohol is a sedative.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that more than 9.5% of youths aged 12 to 17 in the US were current illegal drug users.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker has been using a depressant such as alcohol; however, if the tweaker has been using a depressant, his or her negative feelings - including paranoia and frustration - can increase substantially.

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