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Drug Facts

  • Abused by an estimated one in five teens, prescription drugs are second only to alcohol and marijuana as the substances they use to get high.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • 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
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • In 2012, nearly 2.5 million individuals abused prescription drugs for the first time.
  • Nearly 2/3 of those found in addiction recovery centers report sexual or physical abuse as children.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Crack cocaine is one of the most powerful illegal drugs when it comes to producing psychological dependence.
  • In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.
  • Deaths from Alcohol poisoning are most common among the ages 35-64.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • About 50% of high school seniors do not think it's harmful to try crack or cocaine once or twice and 40% believe it's not harmful to use heroin once or twice.
  • Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion annually.
  • Ecstasy causes hypothermia, which leads to muscle breakdown and could cause kidney failure.
  • Peyote is approximately 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misuing or abusing are prescription medications.3
  • High dosages of ketamine can lead to the feeling of an out of body experience or even death.

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