Drug Facts

Over 210,000,000 opioids are prescribed by pharmaceutical companies a year.
In 2011, over 800,000 Americans reported having an addiction to cocaine.
Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
One in ten high school seniors in the US admits to abusing prescription painkillers.
Over 200,000 people have abused Ketamine within the past year.
Meth has a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
In 2012, Ambien was prescribed 43.8 million times in the United States.
One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
Opiates work well to relieve pain. But you can get addicted to them quickly, if you don't use them correctly.