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  • Over 3 million prescriptions for Suboxone were written in a single year.
  • 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.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • One in ten high school seniors in the US admits to abusing prescription painkillers.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • GHB is often referred to as Liquid Ecstasy, Easy Lay, Liquid X and Goop
  • Cigarettes can kill you and they are the leading preventable cause of death.
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia
  • War veterans often turn to drugs and alcohol to forget what they went through during combat.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • There are innocent people behind bars because of the drug conspiracy laws.
  • Excessive use of alcohol can lead to sexual impotence.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • The sale of painkillers has increased by over 300% since 1999.
  • According to the latest drug information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually in health care treatments, lost productivity, and crime.
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