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Drug Facts

  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • People who use heroin regularly are likely to develop a physical dependence.
  • In 2010, 42,274 emergency rooms visits were due to Ambien.
  • About 72% of all cases reported to poison centers for substance use were calls from people's homes.
  • Smoking tobacco can cause a miscarriage or a premature birth.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Since 2000, non-illicit drugs such as oxycodone, fentanyl and methadone contribute more to overdose fatalities in Utah than illicit drugs such as heroin.
  • A binge is uncontrolled use of a drug or alcohol.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • About 1 in 4 college students report academic consequences from drinking, including missing class, falling behind in class, doing poorly on exams or papers, and receiving lower grades overall.30
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Substance Use Treatment at a Specialty Facility: Treatment received at a hospital (inpatient only), rehabilitation facility (inpatient or outpatient), or mental health center to reduce alcohol use, or to address medical problems associated with alcohol use.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Ironically, young teens in small towns are more likely to use crystal meth than teens raised in the city.
  • Today, it remains a very problematic and popular drug, as it's cheap to produce and much cheaper to purchase than powder cocaine.
  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.

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