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Drug Facts

  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Overdose deaths linked to Benzodiazepines, like Ativan, have seen a 4.3-fold increase from 2002 to 2015.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Alcohol can stay in one's system from one to twelve hours.
  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • The younger you are, the more likely you are to become addicted to nicotine. If you're a teenager, your risk is especially high.
  • Over 53 Million Oxycodone prescriptions are filled each year.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • Bath Salts cause brain swelling, delirium, seizures, liver failure and heart attacks.
  • Two thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers got them from family or friends, often without their knowledge, such as stealing them from the medicine cabinet.
  • Nitrates are also inhalants that come in the form of leather cleaners and room deodorizers.
  • In Arizona during the year 2006 a total of 23,656 people were admitted to addiction treatment programs.
  • Today, it remains a very problematic and popular drug, as it's cheap to produce and much cheaper to purchase than powder cocaine.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • Smokers who continuously smoke will always have nicotine in their system.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2

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