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Drug Facts

  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Studies in 2013 show that over 1.7 million Americans reported using tranquilizers like Ativan for non-medical reasons.
  • More than9 in 10people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Local pharmacies often bought - throat lozenges containing Cocaine in bulk and packaged them for sale under their own labels.
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • More than 10 percent of U.S. children live with a parent with alcohol problems.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • Almost 1 in every 4 teens in America say they have misused or abused a prescription drug.3
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Over 500,000 individuals have abused Ambien.
  • In treatment, the drug abuser is taught to break old patterns of behavior, action and thinking. All While learning new skills for avoiding drug use and criminal behavior.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • Emergency room admissions due to Subutex abuse has risen by over 200% in just three years.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • 93% of the world's opium supply came from Afghanistan.
  • These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker has been using a depressant such as alcohol; however, if the tweaker has been using a depressant, his or her negative feelings - including paranoia and frustration - can increase substantially.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.

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