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Drug Facts

  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • 9% of teens in a recent study reported using prescription pain relievers not prescribed for them in the past year, and 5% (1 in 20) reported doing so in the past month.3
  • An estimated 88,0009 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women9) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • 300 tons of barbiturates are produced legally in the U.S. every year.
  • Victims of predatory drugs often do not realize taking the drug or remember the sexual assault taking place.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more quickly and thus brings an intense and immediatebut very short-livedhigh that lasts about fifteen minutes.
  • In 2005, 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. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • 88% of people using anti-psychotics are also abusing other substances.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • In 2007, 33 counties in California reported the seizure of clandestine labs, compared with 21 counties reporting seizing labs in 2006.
  • Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication within the last month.
  • Alprazolam contains powerful addictive properties.
  • 1 in 5 college students admitted to have abused prescription stimulants like dexedrine.
  • 1 in 5 adolescents have admitted to using tranquilizers for nonmedical purposes.
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.

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