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Drug Facts

  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • In Arizona during the year 2006 a total of 23,656 people were admitted to addiction treatment programs.
  • In 2013, more high school seniors regularly used marijuana than cigarettes as 22.7% smoked pot in the last month, compared to 16.3% who smoked cigarettes.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Prescription drug spending increased 9.0% to $324.6 billion in 2015, slower than the 12.4% growth in 2014.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • 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.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Adderall is popular on college campuses, with black markets popping up to supply the demand of students.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Ketamine can be swallowed, snorted or injected.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Stress is the number one factor in drug and alcohol abuse.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.

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