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Drug Facts

  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
  • Ambien is a sedative-hypnotic known to cause hallucinations, suicidal thoughts and death.
  • Anti-Depressants are often combined with Alcohol, which increases the risk of poisoning and overdose.
  • Oxycodone stays in the system 1-10 days.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Teens who consistently learn about the risks of drugs from their parents are up to 50% less likely to use drugs than those who don't.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • 3 Million people in the United States have been prescribed Suboxone to treat opioid addiction.
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • Aerosols are a form of inhalants that include vegetable oil, hair spray, deodorant and spray paint.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.

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