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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Methamphetamine has many nicknamesmeth, crank, chalk or speed being the most common.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • Popular among children and parents were the Cocaine toothache drops.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine.
  • Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • At this time, medical professionals recommended amphetamine as a cure for a range of ailmentsalcohol hangover, narcolepsy, depression, weight reduction, hyperactivity in children, and vomiting associated with pregnancy.
  • In Russia, Krokodil is estimated to kill 30,000 people each year.
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • 12.4 million Americans aged 12 or older tried Ecstasy at least once in their lives, representing 5% of the US population in that age group.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • Sniffing paint is a common form of inhalant abuse.

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