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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.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • 3 Million people in the United States have been prescribed Suboxone to treat opioid addiction.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • One in five adolescents have admitted to abusing inhalants.
  • About 1 in 4 college students report academic consequences from drinking, including missing class, falling behind in class, doing poorly on exams or papers, and receiving lower grades overall.30
  • Over 2.1 million people in the United States abused Anti-Depressants in 2011 alone.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • Ecstasy is sometimes mixed with substances such as rat poison.
  • 60% of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine.
  • There is inpatient treatment and outpatient.
  • Deaths from Alcohol poisoning are most common among the ages 35-64.
  • GHB is usually ingested in liquid form and is most similar to a high dosage of alcohol in its effect.
  • Opiate-based abuse causes over 17,000 deaths annually.

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