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Drug Facts

  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Synthetic drugs, also referred to as designer or club drugs, are chemically-created in a lab to mimic another drug such as marijuana, cocaine or morphine.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Its rock form is far more addictive and potent than its powder form.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Adderall was brought to the prescription drug market as a new way to treat A.D.H.D in 1996, slowly replacing Ritalin.
  • 18 percent of drivers killed in a crash tested positive for at least one drug.
  • 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.
  • Alcohol misuse cost the United States $249.0 billion.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Crystal Meth is commonly known as glass or ice.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
  • 1/3 of teenagers who live in states with medical marijuana laws get their pot from other people's prescriptions.

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