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Drug Facts

  • Over 6 million people have ever admitted to using PCP in their lifetimes.
  • 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.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • LSD disrupts the normal functioning of the brain, making you see images, hear sounds and feel sensations that seem real but aren't.
  • 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.
  • Every day, we have over 8,100 NEW drug users in America. That's 3.1 million new users every year.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • Alcohol misuse cost the United States $249.0 billion.
  • There were over 1.8 million Americans 12 or older who used a hallucinogen or inhalant for the first time. (1.1 million among hallucinogens)
  • A binge is uncontrolled use of a drug or alcohol.
  • 1.1 million people each year use hallucinogens for the first time.
  • Alcohol can stay in one's system from one to twelve hours.
  • Meth use in the United States varies geographically, with the highest rate of use in the West and the lowest in the Northeast.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood

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