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Drug Facts

  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • Adderall is linked to cases of sudden death due to heart complications.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • There are more than 200 identified synthetic drug compounds and more than 90 different synthetic drug marijuana compounds.
  • Some common street names for Amphetamines include: speed, uppers, black mollies, blue mollies, Benz and wake ups.
  • Marijuana is actually dangerous, impacting the mind by causing memory loss and reducing ability.
  • Two-thirds of the ER visits related to Ambien were by females.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP. The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • 1 in 5 college students admitted to have abused prescription stimulants like dexedrine.
  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.

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