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Drug Facts

  • The United States consumes 80% of the world's pain medication while only having 6% of the world's population.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
  • Heroin use more than doubled among young adults ages 1825 in the past decade
  • Snorting drugs can create loss of sense of smell, nosebleeds, frequent runny nose, and problems with swallowing.
  • Ecstasy causes hypothermia, which leads to muscle breakdown and could cause kidney failure.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • Contrary to popular belief, Bath Salts do not cause cannibalistic behavior.
  • Approximately 1,800 people 12 and older tried cocaine for the first time in 2011.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Psychic side effects of hallucinogens include the disassociation of time and space.
  • Over 750,000 people have used LSD within the past year.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • 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.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • Short term rehab effectively helps more women than men, even though they may have suffered more traumatic situations than men did.
  • Two thirds of the people who abuse drugs or alcohol admit to being sexually molested when they were children.

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