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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • Ecstasy is sometimes mixed with substances such as rat poison.
  • One oxycodone pill can cost $80 on the street, compared to $3 to $5 for a bag of heroin. As addiction intensifies, many users end up turning to heroin.
  • Half of all Ambien related ER visits involved other drug interaction.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • The younger you are, the more likely you are to become addicted to nicotine. If you're a teenager, your risk is especially high.
  • Nationally, illicit drug use has more than doubled among 50-59-year-old since 2002
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • Methamphetamine can cause cardiac damage, elevates heart rate and blood pressure, and can cause a variety of cardiovascular problems, including rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, and increased blood pressure.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • Each year, over 5,000 people under the age of 21 die from Alcohol-related incidents in the U.S alone.
  • 9.4 million people in 2011 reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.

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