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Drug Facts

  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • In 2012, nearly 2.5 million individuals abused prescription drugs for the first time.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • The Department of Justice listed the Chicago metro area as the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Teens who have open communication with their parents are half as likely to try drugs, yet only a quarter of adolescents state that they have had conversations with their parents regarding drugs.
  • A binge is uncontrolled use of a drug or alcohol.
  • In 2012, Ambien was prescribed 43.8 million times in the United States.
  • Codeine is widely used in the U.S. by prescription and over the counter for use as a pain reliever and cough suppressant.
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.

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