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Drug Facts

  • Production and trafficking soared again in the 1990's in relation to organized crime in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Rates of K2 Spice use have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • PCP (known as Angel Dust) stays in the system 1-8 days.
  • Cocaine use is highest among Americans aged 18 to 25.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • 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.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • 5,477 individuals were found guilty of crack cocaine-related crimes. More than 95% of these offenders had been involved in crack cocaine trafficking.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • About 72% of all cases reported to poison centers for substance use were calls from people's homes.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • An estimated 88,0009 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women9) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
  • Drugs are divided into several groups, depending on how they are used.

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