• 9% of teens in a recent study reported using prescription pain relievers not prescribed for them in the past year, and 5% (1 in 20) reported doing so in the past month.3
• 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.
• Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
• People who abuse anabolic steroids usually take them orally or inject them into the muscles.
• Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
• Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
• 26.9 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they engaged in binge drinking in the past month.
• Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
• Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
• Over 60 percent of Americans on Anti-Depressants have been taking them for two or more years.
• Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
• The United States consumes 80% of the world's pain medication while only having 6% of the world's population.
• Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.

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