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Drug Facts

  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • Hallucinogen rates have risen by over 30% over the past twenty years.
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • Cocaine has long been used for its ability to boost energy, relieve fatigue and lessen hunger.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • Drinking behavior in women differentiates according to their age; many resemble the pattern of their husbands, single friends or married friends, whichever is closest to their own lifestyle and age.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • Cigarettes contain nicotine which is highly addictive.
  • Rock, Kryptonite, Base, Sugar Block, Hard Rock, Apple Jacks, and Topo (Spanish) are popular terms used for Crack Cocaine.
  • Tweaking makes achieving the original high difficult, causing frustration and unstable behavior in the user.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant made from the coca plant.
  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • Adderall is a Schedule II controlled substance, meaning that it has a high potential for addiction.
  • Between 2002 and 2006, over a half million of teens aged 12 to 17 had used inhalants.
  • Interventions can facilitate the development of healthy interpersonal relationships and improve the participant's ability to interact with family, peers, and others in the community.

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